Von: Leonard Mada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [...] > Instead of having flags for every citation field, I suggested: > - have styles for citations > - AND allow more than one citation styles in the same document > -- styles are set globally (therefore, IF one decides to change a > style, he changes all citations at once; with flags he would have had to > change every one singly) > -- it would be difficult to construct wildly different styles > (something NOT easily done with flags) > -- and the formatting code would be more simple, because there are > NOT plenty of flags and exceptions to deal with; a new style is simply a > new style, created by the same formatting engine; > > for example: > 'default style' for citation: [Author <et al.> Year] (<> means only when > needed) > 'style 1': [Author <et al.>] > 'style 2': [Year] > 'style 3': [Author <et al.>, <number>], IF author has more than one > papers in the same year > ... > > We would set for every citation a style. IF NO style set, OOo should > assume default. > > What do you think of it?
I like it, and I agree with drawbacks of the "multiple flag" solution for single citations. Mostly, your idea is a similar concept as for text styles: Instead of having the user changing single pieces of text to bold or larger, you define a style "heading" and apply this ... and have the possibility to change all such occurrences later with just a few clicks. The more I think about it: Why not handle the management of local citation styles in the GUI the same way that text or paragraph styles are already handled - that is, using the sidebar? Oh, I wish this already existed ... -- Matthias Basler [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
