[Refdb-users] User feedback 2

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

David Nebauer writes:
 > [... continued]
 > 
 > 3. When importing files from other formats _with their own citation 
 > keys_, it is possible to end up with refdb citation keys that have 
 > colons in them.  Any such citation will not appear in the final output.
 > 
 > I presume this is to do with parsing for the A: and Y: parts of the 
 > citations.
 > 
 > I imagine possible solutions may include preventing such references 
 > being uploaded, silently removing the colon or simply ignoring the 
 > citation key and adding a new one according to the usual algorithms.
 > 

Yes, this is an oversight. Colons should be stripped from citation
keys. I'll fix that.

 > 4. When using RIS format you must use BT for book titles -- if TI is 
 > used the title doesn't print in the reference list.  The manual (p.44) 
 > says that BT and TI are the same for books, but it doesn't say you 
 > _must_ use BT.
 > 

This is an attempt to make things a little more reasonable and to get
this stuff in line with risx. The manual more or less reflects the tag
usage of Reference Manager which is quite a mess. I'll fix this
section in the manual.

 > 5. The makefile will fail on the runbib command unless the runbib file 
 > is edited to include at least the user's username.  Adding password 
 > prevents runbib from pausing to ask for password.
 > 
 > Here is the output when username is _not_ present in runbib:
 > 
 > $ make html
 > refdbxp -t db31x < basic-doc.short.xml > basic-doc.xml
 > runbib -d refs_computing -S Eur.J.Pharmacol. -t db31x basic-doc.xml
 > Please enter your password:
 > server error: could not connect to database server
 > .
 > mv: cannot stat `Eur.J.Pharmacol.xsl': No such file or directory
 > make: *** [basic-doc.bib.xml] Error 1
 > 
 > The username and password lines in runbib occur _after_ the 
 > user-customisable section, so it may not be readily apparent to users 
 > that they need to amend them.
 > 
 > Perhaps runbib should prompt for username?
 > 

I'm afraid you did not set up a .refdbibrc config file. This should
contain the username (if it is different from the current login name)
and either the password or a '*' to get the password prompt. runbib is
just a script that calls refdbib at some point.

regards,
Markus

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