On Dec 4, 2007, at 5:24 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > With which part do you have trouble, writing the template or > installing it in BibdDesk? For the latter both the Help and the Wiki > have some step by step instructions. For writing, have you tried the > new template editor?
Just a few suggestions about the online manual material related to templates, for when you have time to look at this :-) ... 1. There is some complexity to the templating system and it might be helpful if there was an overview of templates either on the top-level template page (http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/manual/BibDesk%20Help_54.html#SEC109 ) or as the first section under it. 2. I think it would be helpful if the overview listed all the pages available in the template section with brief descriptions. For example, knowledge of the template keys is essential to writing or modifying templates, but to find a listing of the keys you need to traverse links from the top template page, to the "customizing templates" page to the "template tags appendix" page and finally, find the link to the template keys page at the very bottom of the template tags appendix. As an alternative, it might help to list the subpages on the top templates section page, in outline form under the main pages that are currently listed there. 3. The template keys list has very few descriptions entered for the keys. It's not always completely apparent what strings the keys will produce based on their names, particularly if you're just starting with templates. Descriptions/examples would help a lot. By the way, the new template editor is an excellent start toward putting the power of the templating system into the hands of regular folks. Best wishes, Jim Harrison Univ. of Virginia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
