From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: Some projects Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:13:46 +0100 Message-ID: <87twpekpxh.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87wpub9jts.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <877fmazh2f.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59399) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zqcun-0001yD-KR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 04:14:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zqcuk-0004lm-EI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 04:14:01 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:38163) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zqcuk-0004lB-75 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 04:13:58 -0400 In-reply-to: <877fmazh2f.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Aaron Ecay Cc: Org Mode List , Nicolas Goaziou On 2015-10-26, at 00:03, Aaron Ecay wrote: > - The only =E2=80=9Coff the shelf=E2=80=9D-capable citation processing = library that we > found last time is in Haskell, which introduced some difficulties for > distributing the resulting tool. I know some projects > (e.g. git-annex) are written in Haskell and distributed as static > binaries for windows/mac/linux/etc. We=E2=80=99d need to figure out = how to do > this, or find another citation processing library in an > easier-to-distribute language. (I should say, all the work on the > external tool was done by Richard Lawrence; I worked on the exporter > for the citation syntax including the interface with an external > tool.) This is probably a very naive question, but wouldn't it be possible to have a pure Elisp tool? I understand that lack of manpower may be the main problem; are there any others? > - There is a difference between citations as done by latex/bibtex/etc., > and those done in every other format (handled through CSL). Assuming > latex users want to keep their native processing rather than > delegating to CSL, we need to solve the myriad small inconsistencies > between these two tools. I think this is an area where it=E2=80=99s = important > to get things right: users of citations generally have exacting > requirements. =E2=80=9CApproximately Chicago-style=E2=80=9D or =E2=80= =9Calmost MLA=E2=80=9D aren=E2=80=99t > worth anything. Out of curiosity: what is CSL? Best, (and count me in the number of people who say a big Thank you), --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University