From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: brian powell Subject: Re: zotero (or mendeley) integration with org Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:07:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <26045.1301154464@rgc.damtp.cam.ac.uk> <4477.1301303651@maps> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44220 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q4D6f-0005ox-Eo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:07:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4D6d-0000kG-N4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:07:44 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:42167) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4D6d-0000jq-Bm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:07:43 -0400 Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so3387609wyf.0 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:07:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4477.1301303651@maps> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Stephen Eglen Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org It uses SQLite--Stephen: I'd consider myself a plaintext-whenever-possible sort of dude too; but, SQLite (used in ZOTERO) is a simple/short C program and its (last time I checked) extremely simple--for example there is only "left outer join". SQLite "databases" are very easy to work with and are often 1 simple, small, very portable file. I was reading some article yesterday: SQLite was ranked #1 in the top ten best/most useful software of all time. I understand your concern; and, often an SQL database is overkill and "NOSQL" seems in vogue right now--but SQLite is something you might really like--you can manipulate SQLite databases easily, like plaintext. I just tried ZOTERO too--very impressive. I'm a lot more used to using BibTeX though--which is purely plaintext; but, BibTeX can be a typing chore! On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Stephen Eglen wrote: > Dear all, > > Thanks for the informative replies. =A0I gave zotero a short-test > yesterday,and in general liked what I found, although as it uses sql > databases, it is moves away from my preference for plain text files to > see everything in. =A0 I appreciate that sql may scale better, but I don'= t > have huge databases. =A0I think I'll continue to watch how the zotero > standalone develops.