Re: Robert -- Re: OT: End Note ?

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 Speaking as a former user of Ibid. under NB (DOS), once one selected the
 style from a list of style sheets, it was child's play from there on, and
 selecting the style was very easy. I would imagine that creating the
 programme to manipulate the style-sheets must be terribly difficult. The
 options seem infinite.

 M.W. Poirier

 P.S.: I wonder if my NB copy of Ibid. would work with XY4? This is
 likely a completely silly question, since, as I understand it, NB 4.5a
 is the equivalent of XY 3.58.


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On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Patricia M. Godfrey wrote:

> Robert Holmgren wrote:
> > Filling out
> > the Ibidem template and adding keywords strikes me as a lot of
> > work. Frankly, for basic citation, I don't see much
> > value-added. You keep a master bibliography, and just
> > cut-and-paste! You have to look up page numbers manually
> > anyway, and inserting an op.cit is not exactly difficult. The
> > rest is single-keystroke boilerplate.
> >
> Not arguing, just pointing out for the record that:
> 1. Devising a properly structured, normalized database for
> citations is fiendishly difficult, given the variations possible
> (1, 2, 3, or more authors; authors and editors; single- or
> multi-volume works; works in series; book, journal article, or
> monograph; Eng. language trans. of other-language work; etc.,
> etc., etc.) IF (much virtue in an if) somebody else has already
> done that, more power to him, her, or them.
> 2. Even if you have your database, there is still (for editors
> and publishers at least, and nowadays, publishers are probably
> passing the buck to authors) the issue of choosing and enforcing
> a consistent style (Chicago 1 or 2, Turabian, MLA, or a custom
> house style). Ibid claimed to be able to to that with a
> keystroke. As I could never get Ibid for Xy to work, I don't know
> if that was true. Can any Notabenieri comment?
>
> --
> Patricia M. Godfrey
> PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx
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