On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Dan Stillman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/20/12 10:56 AM, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: >> A similar approach, that doesn't rely on free text parsing, is what >> Dan Stillman originally suggested: have predefined formatted data, and >> allow users to modify it. Of course, there are a range of ways to >> approach this as well (pure free text, pop-up tokens that allow one to >> select from options, etc.). > > It looks like Steve Ridout implemented this idea, as linked by Ian above: > > http://steveridout.com/cslEditor/cslFinder/
I'd chatted with Steve about the idea, but didn't realize he actually implemented it. Awesome! > I've been meaning to incorporate this sort of functionality into the > Zotero styles page (and was actually planning to sit down and finally > try it today), so it's great to see a working PoC. As you say, there are > a bunch of ways this could work—free-form, tokens, fixed, customizable, > client-side, server-side—but I still think this is one of the easiest > ways to meet a lot of people's needs and allow more people to benefit > from the authoring work done by Sebastian and others. Yup; it's probably "easiest" both for developers and for users, as well as potentially style repository managers (e.g. those who have to maintain the styles; gets to Sebastian and Rintze's point about style quality). Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ xbiblio-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel
