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You're just sounding pedantic here. I have not... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
You're just sounding pedantic here. I have not once here advocated XML-for-XML's-sake.

Of *course* you start with a spec, but in the real world implementations are always constrained by what's...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 8, 2005 at 07:45 PM, in Applications
And this is exactly the model I'm proposing, only... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
And this is exactly the model I'm proposing, only encoded in XML instead of LaTeX. In OpenDocument, the recently approved new citation coding (which I wrote) contains two elements: citation-source...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 8, 2005 at 07:30 PM, in Applications
emacs; free, cross-platform, and amazingly... 970 Views / 12 Replies  
emacs; free, cross-platform, and amazingly customizable

jEdit has some of the same qualities
Posted by BHD, on Mar 8, 2005 at 01:09 PM, in Applications
I would hope they don't do a DTD if they're going... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
I would hope they don't do a DTD if they're going to roll their own. RELAX NG is an order-of-magnitude better way to write an XML language.



The above would be a great start, though. Those...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 8, 2005 at 10:42 AM, in Applications
Go back to the beginning: I am talking about... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
Go back to the beginning: I am talking about standardizing semantic coding in Cocoa in ways that would enable richer interoperability than we currently see on the Mac. Simply saying one can use...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 7, 2005 at 06:02 PM, in Applications
It was just an illustration. I wouldn't want it,... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
It was just an illustration. I wouldn't want it, but I could imagine other people would.
Posted by BHD, on Mar 7, 2005 at 05:45 PM, in Applications
Why do you assume this? Just do like OpenOffice... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
Why do you assume this? Just do like OpenOffice will be doing: have a citation element that includes both semantic coding and rendered text. Then have a system-level service for regenerating the...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 7, 2005 at 05:42 PM, in Applications
Clearly you're not an academic. Citations are... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
Clearly you're not an academic. Citations are perhaps the most critical content than scholars deal with, and without the ablity to pass around the semantic content, why bother at all; just use Word...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 7, 2005 at 03:01 PM, in Applications
Nowhere did I suggest "XML for XML's sake." I... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
Nowhere did I suggest "XML for XML's sake." I was totally explicit that I had a specific�quite functional�schema in mind. I even gave some specific reasons why it would be valuable.



How...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 7, 2005 at 01:55 PM, in Applications
Exactly, and that constraint is precisely what... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
Exactly, and that constraint is precisely what makes interoperablity possible. Without constraints, you don't have the web.



I'm not really following the logic here. RTF is the default text...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 7, 2005 at 11:36 AM, in Applications
It is currently managed by an OASIS TC, but is... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
It is currently managed by an OASIS TC, but is going through the process of ISO approval as well.

As for Ori's point, KOffice -- written on an entirely different codebase -- will also be...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 7, 2005 at 10:12 AM, in Applications
One thing that seems to be missing from LinkBack... 1,585 Views / 35 Replies  
One thing that seems to be missing from LinkBack is a way to address the problem that as a user I am more concerned about than application interoperability: data portability and openness.

RTF is...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 7, 2005 at 07:38 AM, in Applications
Whether it's the "best" solution does not really... 2,170 Views / 20 Replies  
Whether it's the "best" solution does not really address whether it's a "good" solution. I find the UI awkward and heinously ugly, the data model more limited than even Endnote, and it (currently)...
Posted by BHD, on Feb 9, 2005 at 11:53 AM, in Applications
Re: Re: OSX native Endnote alternative? 2,170 Views / 20 Replies  
Or better yet, perhaps, a web app that exploits web services.
Posted by BHD, on Feb 8, 2005 at 12:49 PM, in Applications
Re: OSX native Endnote alternative? 2,170 Views / 20 Replies  
No.

Endnote is really three things:

1) bibliographic database
2) online search/retrieval application
3) citation and bibliographic formatting engine (and plug-in for Word)

None of the...
Posted by BHD, on Feb 8, 2005 at 12:42 PM, in Applications
I understand why people feel the need for the... 1,617 Views / 21 Replies  
I understand why people feel the need for the functionality that Endnote provides, but the app itself is a horribly-coded piece of software peddled by a company that has little respect for its users....
Posted by BHD, on Jan 24, 2005 at 12:51 AM, in Applications
With all of the excellent free software databases... 2,865 Views / 38 Replies  
With all of the excellent free software databases out there (Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, etc.), and nice web development languages like PHP, Ruby, Python, etc., why bother with FM?
Posted by BHD, on Jan 24, 2005 at 12:43 AM, in Applications
Yes, like potential lost data. I would never... 2,865 Views / 38 Replies  
Yes, like potential lost data. I would never trust any important data to Word and the .doc format.



Right.



A lot of wikis support images, and pdf files can just be links. I suggest your...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 23, 2005 at 12:10 AM, in Applications
This is among the reasons I was suggesting... 2,865 Views / 38 Replies  
This is among the reasons I was suggesting looking at Instiki (http://instiki.org) . It's really easy to install (aside from needing Ruby 1.8 or later installed), and has good export support.
Posted by BHD, on Jan 22, 2005 at 11:59 PM, in Applications
Well ... that depends on your needs. In my case,... 2,865 Views / 38 Replies  
Well ... that depends on your needs. In my case, I have around 1,500 bibliographic records, many of them with extensive annotations. In that context, flat files aren't realistic at all.

My...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 22, 2005 at 08:06 PM, in Applications
There is no ideal application as yet. VoodooPad,... 2,865 Views / 38 Replies  
There is no ideal application as yet. VoodooPad, unfortunately, completely misses one of the key points of Wikis, which is not just about linking, but also about easy authoring of semantic content. ...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 22, 2005 at 05:37 PM, in Applications
Re: itunes for windows xp 1,961 Views / 39 Replies  
What's interesting about the job posting is that it seems to suggest Apple is taking this application cross-platform without Cocoa.
Posted by BHD, on Apr 30, 2003 at 04:46 PM, in Applications
As much as I like this idea, is it even possible?... 962 Views / 8 Replies  
As much as I like this idea, is it even possible? I can't see how it could work for bibliographic references. If I type a short citation like {Smith, 1999}, how is any search engine going to know...
Posted by BHD, on Apr 27, 2003 at 11:26 PM, in Applications
That's not going to happen, and why would you... 962 Views / 8 Replies  
That's not going to happen, and why would you want it to? BibTeX is -- like TeX itself -- only 8 bit (no unicode), and it has a really limited data model. We're living in an XML world, which opens...
Posted by BHD, on Apr 27, 2003 at 10:48 PM, in Applications
No Bluetooth. Given the broader Bluetooth push... 1,904 Views / 27 Replies  
No Bluetooth. Given the broader Bluetooth push at Apple, this one seems strange.
Posted by BHD, on Apr 22, 2003 at 09:35 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Here's another question: If I click on a... 645 Views / 5 Replies  
Here's another question:

If I click on a link in another application (say Mail), how do I get the page to open as a new tab, rather than a new window? I can do this in Camino, but am not sure if...
Posted by BHD, on Apr 14, 2003 at 02:11 PM, in Applications
Re: drag and drop keeps....um...dropping!? 576 Views / 2 Replies  
I ran into this. With some help from an engineer friend, we found out that the PBS (I guess "pasteboard service") process was crashing on startup. It turned out it was choking on a ViaVoice file,...
Posted by BHD, on Apr 10, 2003 at 09:21 AM, in macOS
Re: SW recommendation for writing a manuscript? 719 Views / 7 Replies  
First of all, as much as I hate MS the company, and have issues with Word itself, it is the best general purpose word-processor there is. You can easily write a 400 page manuscript with it, though...
Posted by BHD, on Apr 10, 2003 at 09:13 AM, in Applications
Re: What is the best note taking app? 2,878 Views / 18 Replies  
I think cpac is right if you insist on all of these. Table creation is not a feature you can expect in a note-taking application, and is more the realm of word-processors or DTP apps.

On the...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 31, 2003 at 10:55 AM, in Applications
Re: Help!!! Font disaster in OS X! 965 Views / 12 Replies  
I don't think this is the best place to look for answers. Try these two instead:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/WordXTroubleshooting.htm

This newsgroup:
...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 24, 2003 at 09:21 AM, in macOS
Anyone interesting in this question ought to take... 1,058 Views / 11 Replies  
Anyone interesting in this question ought to take a look at this press release from AquaMinds about the future of NoteTaker:

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.032003/230795265...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 20, 2003 at 01:55 PM, in Applications
You know, this is a little silly. Omni has been... 4,612 Views / 70 Replies  
You know, this is a little silly. Omni has been good about releasing regular free feature upgrades. Consider the recent release of Outliner 2.2, complete with Keynote and XML export.

I'm...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 19, 2003 at 07:14 PM, in Applications
Am not sure about the single/multi-page PDF... 1,058 Views / 11 Replies  
Am not sure about the single/multi-page PDF issue, as it doesn't matter that much to me. It's not a problem to click the doc and read it in another app.

If all you want to do is store and...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 17, 2003 at 01:29 PM, in Applications
In the eye of the beholder, I guess. I find NT's... 1,058 Views / 11 Replies  
In the eye of the beholder, I guess. I find NT's interface quite a bit nicer than DT's.

They're aimed at slightly different users. NT is primarily an outliner, with some very cool...
Posted by BHD, on Mar 17, 2003 at 12:13 PM, in Applications
But your suggestion is the absolute wrong way to... 960 Views / 23 Replies  
But your suggestion is the absolute wrong way to make the service more attractive. Bundling apps with the service is just a bad idea, and will only serve to alient users who have no interest in .Mac...
Posted by BHD, on Feb 12, 2003 at 09:15 AM, in Applications
Re: Re: Sleep and Databases? 602 Views / 5 Replies  
I want to use it for RefDB, a bibliographic db:

http://refdb.sourceforge.net/

This system started with MySQL, has since added the option for PostgreSQL, and will soon have the ability to use...
Posted by BHD, on Feb 6, 2003 at 11:00 AM, in macOS
Sleep and Databases? 602 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm about to setup a MySQL database on a new Mac. Question, then:

How should I deal with day-to-day running of the machine? Shut it down each night? Let it sleep without worry about the...
Posted by BHD, on Feb 5, 2003 at 09:38 PM, in macOS
I think it's great that Apple did this, but you... 1,456 Views / 36 Replies  
I think it's great that Apple did this, but you have to keep in mind they need to compete against MS and its edu site licenses. Wanna know how I much paid for Office vX? $12.95.

The only way...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 29, 2003 at 10:20 PM, in macOS
A simple example: Presentational: You use... 790 Views / 12 Replies  
A simple example:

Presentational:
You use an italic font within a sentence to emphasize a word, and you use a somewhat larger bold font to represent a section heading. You (and the app) focus on...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 27, 2003 at 08:13 PM, in Applications
Nicely put. Styles and templates are a way that... 790 Views / 12 Replies  
Nicely put. Styles and templates are a way that structure has been added back to the presentational paradigm of word processors. Let's hope someone can take another big step towards a structural...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 27, 2003 at 06:40 PM, in Applications
Re: Anyone tried LaTeX-based "Scientific Assistant?" 890 Views / 1 Replies  
It is a really great idea (using database storage for document production and such), but I don't think the company has made much progress on the app in the past year. I think they've run out of...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 27, 2003 at 05:20 PM, in Applications
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this: ... 790 Views / 12 Replies  
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this:

It really doesn't matter what MS wants to do; there is too much momentum beyond open standards.

Consider, for example, that despite MS's best...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 27, 2003 at 04:25 PM, in Applications
Re: Document Standards: We Need Some - but Where Are They? 790 Views / 12 Replies  
Umm, XML.

DocBook and OpenOffice have support for this stuff, and all you really need is something that can trivially convert back-and-forth between these standards (and HTML, etc.). XML really...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 27, 2003 at 02:59 PM, in Applications
Yeah, interesting indeed. Nevermind if the rumor... 3,819 Views / 86 Replies  
Yeah, interesting indeed. Nevermind if the rumor is true; it certainly should be! A relevant excerpt:
Posted by BHD, on Jan 27, 2003 at 11:40 AM, in Applications
Let's hope. Apple has been involved in SVG, so... 3,819 Views / 86 Replies  
Let's hope. Apple has been involved in SVG, so it'd be surprising not to see it.

In general, I just hope that we start to see better integrated XML support in OS X. For example, XML parsing and...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 26, 2003 at 01:00 PM, in Applications
But would it not have been better for Apple to... 3,819 Views / 86 Replies  
But would it not have been better for Apple to have used SVG for the file format, and added support for SVG rendering to Quartz? I suppose this might still be coming, and would add yet more power to...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 24, 2003 at 12:17 PM, in Applications
This makes no sense. OS X supports unicode, it... 3,819 Views / 86 Replies  
This makes no sense. OS X supports unicode, it has a variety of bundled international fonts. etc. From what I understand, there is still room for improvement on the application front, but to make...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 22, 2003 at 08:54 AM, in Applications
skHTML is a nice Cocoa-based HTML editor (with... 1,196 Views / 10 Replies  
skHTML is a nice Cocoa-based HTML editor (with integrated support for Tidy), at a quite reasonable $20.

http://www.skti.org/skHTMLDesc.asp
Posted by BHD, on Jan 20, 2003 at 12:42 PM, in Applications
Use "open as new message" in the file... 1,360 Views / 32 Replies  
Use "open as new message" in the file menu.
Posted by BHD, on Jan 18, 2003 at 11:11 AM, in Applications
I agree that, if this information is true, this... 3,819 Views / 86 Replies  
I agree that, if this information is true, this is vrey good news indeed. I also looked into the suite awhile back, encouraged them to port to OS X, etc.

If Apple was able to hire these guys, yet...
Posted by BHD, on Jan 15, 2003 at 01:20 PM, in Applications
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