Hi Albert,
What do you mean "code that section"?
Sorry - I should have explained what Qualitative Data Analysis refers to
by 'code'. What it means is to 'tag' a document section by associating
with a 'code' that is in turn linked to an externally maintained
database of codes with their own properties. The goal is to allow the
data analyst to perform complex queries on libraries of documents that
return the matching sections from those documents.
Cheers,
Jonathan
Cheers,
Albert
The actual codes and coded sections would be dealt with through
an abstraction layer so that eventually different back-ends could handle
them.
Although this functionality bears some resemblance to the 'Annotations'
currently available, it seems different enough to me to warrant being
implemented separately.
So, what it seems to me I need to do is:
1. Add an item to the pull-down menus to en-/dis-able the coding
functionality.
2. Add an item to the context menu that appears when a selection has
been made that would summon a coding dialog. (Perhaps some shortcuts for
commonly performed actions could be directly on the menu, that's a small
detail).
3. Add a new tab to the Navigation panel for visualising the coded
sections in the document, and write the code for displaying that panel.
4. Extend the document rendering to indicate (via shading or such-like)
the sections that have been coded.
None of this seems so complicated to be beyond my powers of reverse
engineering, but that might be my naivety speaking! So I thought I'd ask
whether anyone had any advice for Okular development newcomers.
Specifically, is there any 'correct' way to add functionality of this
kind to Okular? And any other suggestions would be most appreciated.
Finally if anyone is interested in where I want to take this project,
I'd be more than happy to share.
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan
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