On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 5:15 AM, dd3fmlli <dd3fm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > as a biblatex user, I would like to add a (probably marginal) comment on > the list of the desired features. > > One of the most interesting features of biblatex, for me, is the fact > that "database" is detached from the actual printing command. Namely, once > one adds a "bib" file to the document with the command \bibliography, it > is possible to print also several different bibliographies e.g. one per > section or one with only books and one with only articles. This can be done > just adding several times the command \printbibliography with the > appropriate arguments. > > My suggestion would be to use two different dialogs, one for the database > (as suggested) and one for the \printbibliography command. This would also > reduce the number of possible options in each dialog. > > A possibility can be to set \printbibliography by default from the > database dialog, as suggested by Stefano, and introduce another command > e.g. in Insert-> Bibliography->PrintBibliography to add further > bibliographies in the text, but I think that detaching completely the two > commands is more "in the spirit" of biblatex package. One could also keep > the bibtex dialog, enriching it with biblatex features (as far as I know it > is impossible to use both biblatex and bibtex in the same document). > > I agree that your proposed solution would be more in the spirit of biblatex: putting all the loading and configuring commands in the preamble and using \printbibliography commands in the text. That would mean adding a biblatex pane to the Document settings panel, I guess (or somehow modyfying the existing Bibliorgaphy panel in the settings to optionally include biblatex info). And creating a Biblatex inset that simply puts the printing bibliography commands in the text.
> Thank you for proposing the bilblatex support, I am really happy if this > project starts, and I would be glad to help. I can program in C++, but I've > never used qt. However, I'd like to learn it. > > Thanks for the help. It may start soon, but will proceed very slowly, as I have to become proficient in C++ along the way. Cheers, Stefano -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com <stef...@tamu.edu> http://stefano.cleinias.org
