🚀 go-pugleaf

Since you keep count of how many people ask, may I add my voice to that of
bob pasker on all of these matters, and most particularly, numbers #1, #3
and #4. Since I don't import references yet, the others are not on my
personal list, but look most sound.

Julie Solomon
Romance Languages
University of Pennsylvania

 bob pasker wrote: >
> some more items to put on the wish list
> ---------------------------------------
>
> 1. sometimes, words are italicized in the title of a book.  if the style
> italicizes the title (chicago), endnotes should romanize the italicized
> words.  e.g.  a book is titled _the romance of iskandername_, where
> iskandername is italicized.  when formatted, "the romance of" should be in
> italics and "iskandername" should be roman.
>
> 2. there is no provision for small caps in a style.  small caps are
> required by _the bluebook: a uniform system of citation_ which is the
> standard for all law journals.
>
> 3. there need to be better editing & navigation capabilities:
> cmd-shift-right & -left should select a word; the [> key on the extended
> keyboard should do a forward delete; cmd-up-arrow & -down-arrow should
> close the current reference's window & open the next reference, etc.
>
> 4. date of creation & revision should be attached to every reference.
>
> 5. records which have been exported, edited, and imported should not result
> in the loss of reference IDs.  it should be possible to import & superced
> the data in an existing reference.  missing tags (i.e. no %A) means that
> that field should not be changed; empty tags (%A <cr>) means that the data
> in that field should be deleted.
>
> 6. when importing records from an OPAC (eureka, MELVYL), there should be an
> option to de-AACr2 the title. e.g.  _A machine that would go of itself / by
> Michael Kammen_ should be converted to _A Machine That Would Go of Itself_
> before being stored in the reference.
>
> 7. similarly, it should be possible to de-AACr2 the author field by
> removing the year of birth & death.
>
> --
> -- bob pasker
> -- brown u., dept. of history
> -- rbp@brown.edu
> --
>