Re: [Ebib-users] Fwd: Ebib 0.25 released!

[Joost K. <joo...@fa...>]

On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 12:41:23PM -0700, Jesse Alama wrote:
> I wouldn't say that I rely on Custom, but I certainly use it as often
> as I can.  Please don't ignore users like me!

well, that means people *do* use it, and my time wouldn't be wasted setting
up a Custom interface. ;-)
 
> I think this is a good idea -- having that ebibrc file makes me
> uncomfortable: the one included in the distribution specifies default
> behavior, but if this file isn't included than the installation
> breaks.  This makes it somewhat annoying to package ebib for debian
> and fink, since the package description somehow has to indicate to the
> user that his installation is incomplete until he puts that ebibrc
> file in his home directory.

mmm... i never realised that.

>  I think the contents ebibrc file should
> be embedded in ebib.el, somehow, and ebib.el should be extended so
> that it uses a configuration file, say, .ebibrc, ala .gnus (for
> example).  And one should be able to use Custom to specify the
> location of that configuration file :->

ok. so what i'll do for the next version is this:

* eliminate the need for .ebibrc; ebib.el will contain defaults for the key
  bindings and entry type definitions.
* the user can add customisations to .ebibrc. (the advanced user will
  realise he can also put them in .emacs/init.el.)
* introduce defcustom.

to the latter point: what would need to be included into the M-x customize?

what comes to mind are the entry type definitions, and ebib-preload. key
bindings are not normally customised through M-x customize. anything else?

> I agree that the documentation should be available within the Info
> system.  I've taken up the task of converting Joost's LaTeX
> documentation to TeXinfo.

once you've done that, i'll continue to maintain the documentation in that
format.

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