I would really like to work on the word processor. As an academic, I often work with co-authors. Currently, it is not possible to use WIKINDX's word processor for this. So, in the word processor . . .
Additionally:
1. Improve the adding of citations (re-use code that was written for the Word and Google Docs add-ins)
2. Real-time formatting of citations (presupposes a way to edit citations in the document via a side window, perhaps also an expandable side window for the bibliography)
3. Add other export formats such as OOXML [#467]
If we achieve the above, then, for me, what I set out to do over 20 years ago would be complete—a one-stop shop for academic authoring. This would be the implementation of all the major functionality of what I originally envisioned. Of course, work would continue on improvements (other import/export formats, more bibliographic styles, etc., etc., etc.).
I would certainly like a library of user-written styles but establishing it is another thing. We'll put that on the back-burner for now. More immediate (but not so pressing) would be a facility to search and convert CSL styles (https://citationstyles.org/).
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I did not continue exploring CSL because it is necessary to know the WIKINDX format very well to know if the CSL functionalities are convertible to the WIKINDX format.
Secondly CSL contains formatting commands in a specialized language while WIKINDX contains data for the formatter. These are two very different approaches and difficult to transpose (impossible if the commands are Turing-Complete).
Just thinking ahead post 6.8.0 . . .
I would really like to work on the word processor. As an academic, I often work with co-authors. Currently, it is not possible to use WIKINDX's word processor for this. So, in the word processor . . .
Additionally:
1. Improve the adding of citations (re-use code that was written for the Word and Google Docs add-ins)
2. Real-time formatting of citations (presupposes a way to edit citations in the document via a side window, perhaps also an expandable side window for the bibliography)
3. Add other export formats such as OOXML [#467]
If we achieve the above, then, for me, what I set out to do over 20 years ago would be complete—a one-stop shop for academic authoring. This would be the implementation of all the major functionality of what I originally envisioned. Of course, work would continue on improvements (other import/export formats, more bibliographic styles, etc., etc., etc.).
Mark
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Bugs and feature requests : #467
Bugs and feature requests : #513
Last edit: Stéphane Aulery 2024-02-09
Ok, let's make the software complete in terms of major features. Afterwards we can go further in rearchitecting, design, modularity.
I still don't know if you want to promote a library of user-written styles.
I would certainly like a library of user-written styles but establishing it is another thing. We'll put that on the back-burner for now. More immediate (but not so pressing) would be a facility to search and convert CSL styles (https://citationstyles.org/).
Ok. Search is easy, converting is something else.
I did not continue exploring CSL because it is necessary to know the WIKINDX format very well to know if the CSL functionalities are convertible to the WIKINDX format.
Secondly CSL contains formatting commands in a specialized language while WIKINDX contains data for the formatter. These are two very different approaches and difficult to transpose (impossible if the commands are Turing-Complete).
https://citationstyles.org/developers/
Spec : https://docs.citationstyles.org/en/stable/specification.html
Schema : https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema
CSL Styles sources : https://github.com/citation-style-language