On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:45:38 -0400, Daniel Underwood <djuatde...@gmail.com> wrote: > Poly and LoH: Thanks, these are great ideas!
I'd like to add that if you define your data fields well, you can use it to generate BibTeX and other LaTeX entries from your records. You can even easily turn it into HTML. But as I said: Keep in mind that it's very basic - but that makes is so versatile and strong. You could add a script that does some work (add, delete, modify, search or duplicate entries) for you, if you don't want to spend much time in the editor, and don't want to keep the "pretty printing" of the file intact (it doesn't matter anyway). The MOST important thing to pay attention to is NOT to use the desired delimiter inside a data field. If you already know that : will be in one of the fields, just use a less common symbol as delimiter, such as | or even ~. Of course, more "comfortable" solutions will surely keep off this "manual work" from you, but in most cases, they involve installing LOTS of dependencies. Finally, the advice of using some version control for the upcoming changes of the file is a good idea. You can even have more than one file, e. g. for separating topics or projects. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
