Backing up preferences — Using different BE 'profiles'
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:53 am
Hi,
I am beginning to experiment with LaTeX / BibLaTeX and consider dumping word processors in favor of the venerable typesetting system.
I am not yet confident enough to make a non-reversible transition. As far as bibliography styles go, the process is risk-free since I am working on fresh BibLaTeX styles and do not touch my old Chicago/Mellel styles.
Bookends preferences however are global and not tied to bibliographic styles. I am especially referring to capitalization exceptions, as well as bibliographic item types (book, article, etc.) and the assignment of their UserN placeholders to each field label (title, author, date, etc.).
Ideally, such preferences would be embedded in the Bookends database or, alternatively, stored in "profiles" and retrievable at will. Given that this is currently impossible though, which preference files should I back up to fully and safely save/restore different preference states?
Thank you.
PS: One may argue that such a process is unnecessary since field labels are invariant (describing the individual item and not tied to any bibliography style or system). While this would be a valid objection, different styles require different fields, and having unused or irrelevant fields in the "edit reference" view is confusing.
I am beginning to experiment with LaTeX / BibLaTeX and consider dumping word processors in favor of the venerable typesetting system.
I am not yet confident enough to make a non-reversible transition. As far as bibliography styles go, the process is risk-free since I am working on fresh BibLaTeX styles and do not touch my old Chicago/Mellel styles.
Bookends preferences however are global and not tied to bibliographic styles. I am especially referring to capitalization exceptions, as well as bibliographic item types (book, article, etc.) and the assignment of their UserN placeholders to each field label (title, author, date, etc.).
Ideally, such preferences would be embedded in the Bookends database or, alternatively, stored in "profiles" and retrievable at will. Given that this is currently impossible though, which preference files should I back up to fully and safely save/restore different preference states?
Thank you.
PS: One may argue that such a process is unnecessary since field labels are invariant (describing the individual item and not tied to any bibliography style or system). While this would be a valid objection, different styles require different fields, and having unused or irrelevant fields in the "edit reference" view is confusing.
