On Dec 26, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

>
> On 26 Dec 2007, at 8:31 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 22, 2007, at 11:09 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> That sounds like it might work...
>>
>>> Do we really need the abstract and notes as separate preview  
>>> choices,
>>> or could they also just be part of the template preview?
>>
>> As far as I'm concerned, they could be part of the template preview.
>> The details one could be a template as well; we'd lose TeX font
>> parsing, but simplifying prefs would be good (and we could remove  
>> some
>> controller code from BibItem).
>>
>
> Though the main problem of course is that you can't easily switch
> between details, abstract and notes. We could also have two (or
> more?) templates: one for details and one for abstract/notes, both
> user customizable.

True; I use the "everything" view now because it's a nuisance to  
switch.  Maybe we could allow a choice of primary and secondary  
templates that can be toggled from the main window in one of the panes?

> And I personally don't think tex font parsing is
> that important. It certainly has limited use (e.g. in the title bold
> doesn't have an effect, and also not all font commands are  
> interpreted).

I agree.  It's also introduced a bunch of display/controller code into  
BibItem.

-- 
adam


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