Re: some m-bib problems

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 12:15:15 +0100, Nigel wrote:

> 1. Using
> ghi03   the publication data for abc01
> ghi03   the publication data for def02

> 2. A previously mentioned bug still appears to be there where (when using
> refcommand=num and numbering=yes) a cite[ref1,ref2,ref3] becomes [1-2]
> rather than [1-3]. 

> 3. Formatting the publication list does not appear to take commands such as
> strut=yes. Bibmod.pdf suggests that \setuplist commands should work but not
> many seem to. The specific problem I am trying to address is the spacing
> between items in the publication list which is variable and much too small
> it is like framed with no strut and no \blank.

These are all bugs that keep appearing and re-appearing. The main problem is
that the bibliographic module delves deep into the context core, without being
an actual part of context itself. It is near-impossible to keep these bugs
away (and keep them away) with different context versions.

Currently we are working on version 2.0 of the bib module. Hopefully this
will solve all of the current issues. One thing I'll probably do is move away 
from the standard context list mechanism altogether (hopefully fixing 4.).

Besides that, here is what will be new:
- XML bibliographic database
- More types of publications possible (audio CD, movies)
- XML style specifications
- More citation options (ibid., in-line data, footnotes, endnotes)
- Better memory management (this implies 'slower' unfortunately)
- Separate filters for (bibtex|docbook xml|RIS) <-> our.xml

-- 
groeten,

Taco