On 22 Dec 2007, at 7:55 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: > > On Dec 22, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On 21 Dec 2007, at 10:15 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> >>> On Friday, December 21, 2007, at 11:59AM, "Michael McCracken" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Although I like having lots of columns of info in BibDesk, the >>>> vertically stacked master-detail view has always seemed cramped, >>>> and >>>> making the window wider doesn't improve it much. >>>> >>>> I liked the mockup Adam showed - I do think that the format of >>>> references in papers is easier to read than single line tableview >>>> rows. I don't think we'd want two views of the table selection, >>>> though >>>> - the new right-side summary view in his mockup seemed like another >>>> table view to me. >>> >>> That's exactly what it was :). I agree that having two table views >>> of the same information is weird, and what I'm looking for could >>> also be solved by having a "citation" column in the main table that >>> showed a formatted reference. If that were available, I'd close >>> the bottom preview pane and dedicate it to annote/abstract. >>> >> > > I'm not sure exactly what the suggestion is here, but I would like to > see the TeX-generated preview still be available, because one use I > have for BD is to test out different .bst files, and also to check my > progress as I edit them, and furthermore, the preview of the TeX- > generated preview is so clear and readable that I often keep the > preview pane set to show it to accomplish much of what is being > discussed here, a kind of citation view. > > So I hope that whatever happens it is still going to possible to show > that preview in the preview pane, or that the "citation" column > contains the TeX-generated preview, although I am sure how this would > work, if it were going to be so narrow. > > Again, I have lost the thread of this thread, so to speak, so this is > just one reaction to what I'm seeing here. > > -Adam
Note that the TeX preview only works in the bottom pane, as it is quite wide. I also thought of an alternative. We could make both panes customizable, something like the following choices: Side pane: - Files - Details (template) - Abstract (?) - Notes (?) Bottom pane: - Files - TeX - Details (template) (?) - Linked file (?) The Files could only be displayed in one location, so this choice would be disabled for the other when it is displayed. Do we really need the abstract and notes as separate preview choices, or could they also just be part of the template preview? Also do we need the Linked File as a preview choice, or can the new Files view be sufficient? Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
