Re: [Refdb-devel] refdb-mode release?

[Michael S. <sm...@xm...>]

Markus,

You wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> I'm planning to release a new version of RefDB in the next couple of
> days, mainly to fix the bug with disappearing datasets after updating
> the personal info. I was wondering whether you think refdb-mode is
> stable and feature-complete enough to release it as well.

It's definitely stable enough, and though I wouldn't describe it as
feature-complete, I think it has enough features to be be useful.
Currently, it lets you:

  - add references
  - delete references
  - get references
  - select output type (screen, RIS, etc.)
  - select output format (IDs only, all fields, etc.)
  - select among multiple RefDB databases

In the short term, I'd like to add capability to:

  - update references (via updateref and pickref)
  - delete personal references via pickref

But I think it can be released initially even without those features.

> You could add a chapter to the manual if you wish.

OK. I'd like to do that, but not sure I can get it done within the next
couple of days.

> I'd like to move ris.el over to the elisp directory as well, to keep
> all Emacs-related code in one package.

OK. I'll move it in CVS.

> We should also write a small autoconf-based installer that copies the
> files into site-lisp, byte-compiles them, and maybe appends the
> necessary code to load the modes to site-start.el or to 

OK. I think I can do that. I've not actually ever written an
autoconf-based installer -- just done it using manually created
makefiles. But I think I can probably find some examples of other Emacs
packages that have autoconf-based installers, and just use those as
examples.

  --Mike