Re: [Jabref-users] Customized entry types with either-or conditions

[Sophie C. <sop...@on...>]

Hi Morten,

Many thanks for the explanation. This is exactly what I wanted to do !

Frederic Darboux gave me the same explanation in French yesterday 
afternoon. I would like to write a message this morning but you were too 
fast...
He found the solution in the help of JabRef. Unfortunately, instead of 
clicking F1, I read the help on the JabRef website :
http://jabref.sourceforge.net/help/fr/Contents.php but this version is 
not updated.

Thank you again

Sophie

----- Message Original -----
*De:* Morten Omholt Alver <mor...@gm...>
*Pour:* Mark Schenk <ms...@ca...>, sop...@on..., jabref-users 
<jab...@li...>
*Date:* 16/08/2011 7:12:34 PM +0200
*Sujet:* [Jabref-users] Customized entry types with either-or conditions

> Hi Mark,
>
> I think you've misunderstood the subject of this message, although the
> issue you mention could probably also do with some improvement. As I
> understand it, this is regarding the definition of required fields in
> customized entry types.
>
> Sophie, you have perhaps already got some help on this issue, but I'll
> go through how to define an "volume/number" setup for the benefit of
> the mailing list:
>
> 1. Choose Options -> Customize entry types to bring up the customization dialog
> 2. Select "article" in the list to the left of the dialog.
> 3. Select "volume" in the center list. And click "Remove" below the
> list. This removes "volume" as an absolute requirement.
> 4. Remove "number" from the right list in the same way.
> 5. Click the white field of the combobox (selector) to the left of the
> "Add" button below the center list to get a cursor.
> 6. Edit the text in the combobox to say "volume/number".
> 7. Click the "Add" button.
> 8. Click "Apply" or "Ok" to store the changes.
>
> Now both "volume" and "number" will be seen in the "Required fields"
> tab, and entries will require only one of them to be considered
> complete.
>
>
> Morten
>
> 2011/8/16 Mark Schenk <ms...@ca...>:
>   
>> Hi Sophie,
>>
>>     
>>> Made it possible to define customized entry types with either-or
>>> conditions on required fields, e.g. using a pseudo-field called
>>> "author/editor" will indicate that the entry requires either the
>>> "author" or the "editor" field set.
>>>       
>> Thanks for point this out. I had totally missed that item in the
>> changelogs, and it's also not mentioned in the help files. The equivalent
>> AND version (e.g. "author;editor") does seem to work, so I would consider
>> it a bug.
>>
>> One think I'm wondering, why doesn't JabRef use more conventional AND/OR
>> operators, e.g.
>>
>> \begin{author | editor}
>> \begin{author & editor}
>>
>> I'll have a look at the code tonight, and see if my meagre Java skills can
>> fix it.
>>
>> /Mark
>>
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