Hi,
I asked for help with making JabRef interoperate with OOo a while ago,
and received a number of useful responses. It's been a while, but I've
finally gotten somewhere using the UNO interface.
I've looked at the Bibus source code, and partly followed the method
used there (although Bibus is modelled after OOo's bibliography
features, so JabRef obviously needs to do some extra processing). I'm
planning to make a prototype version available for download as soon as
I have something presentable.
I have a question regarding duplicates in the bibliography. I thought
we could offer different citation types such as "Smith (2001)" vs.
"(Smith, 2001)" by manipulating the "Identifier" field appropriately.
To maintain JabRef's link with the entry in OOo, I set the "Custom5"
field to hold JabRef's bibtex key, and then the "Custom4" field to
hold a marker signifying which citation type is to be used ("t" for
in-text vs. "p" for parenthesized).
This use of the custom fields seems to work - JabRef can scan the
entries and find which ones are "known" entries by looking at the
"Custom5" field. But it seems to be problematic when I insert two
citations of different types of the same entry, because it then
appears twice in the bibliography. I assume this is because I am using
two different identifiers, making it impossible for OOo to know that
they are duplicates.
My question is: can I give two citations different appearances ("Smith
(2001)" in one place and "(Smith, 2001)" in another) and still make
them represent the same entry in the bibliography?
I'm sorry if this wasn't well explained, and please let me know if I
should be posting this question elsewhere.
Regards,
Morten
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