Hi everybody! I have been using JabRef since several years, but I am new to developing JabRef.
I have started to work on improving the save/export order. Currently, JR provides the following options for the save order: ordered by author/editor/year current table sort order original order ordered by title Previous to 2.8, the "current table sort order" was named "Default table sort order" and allowed a user to change the sort order in the saved file. When you clicked the column header, this did resort the entries in the table, but it did not change the order in that the entries were saved. As a drawback, the current sort order was not conserved between sessions. Since 2.8, the "Default table sort order" has been changed to reflect the *current* sort order, i.e. the sort order defined e.g. by clicking on the column header. This has the advantage that the current sort order is conserved between sessions, but it has the disadvantage that it is not possible to specify an arbitrary sort order for saving anymore that is independent of the current sort order of the table. If you want to keep a file in a well-defined sort order, you would always have to change the current table sort order before saving the file. Note, that the term "Default sort criteria" (in Options->Preferences->File) is a misnomer, as it is simply the current sort order, and not a "Default" anymore. This problem has been reported here: https://sourceforge.net/p/jabref/bugs/887/ I have started to create a patch that allows a user to explicitly specify a sort order for saving and for export. This new option will obsolete the "ordered by author/editor/year" and "ordered by title" options, and will give users freedom of choice. What I have done so far can be found here: https://sourceforge.net/u/olenz/jabref/ci/master/tree/ I have two open issues on how to go on: 1. The "File" tab of the preferences dialog is already pretty crowded, and I do not see how to integrate the UI elements required to specify the sort order (compare to the "Entry table" tab). Does anyone have a neat idea how to do that? 2. I would like to replace the preferences "saveInStandardOrder" and "saveInTitleOrder" with "saveInSpecifiedOrder" and the corresponding "save{Pri,Sec,Ter}Sort" preferences. How to do that? For backwards compatibility, it is necessary to still understand the old preferences. Is there a mechanism for that? Olaf -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Jabref-devel mailing list Jabref-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-devel
