Eric, this looks like wonderful software, and one which is impossibly hard to find elsewhere. Thank you for creating it. My one concern before spending hours, if not days, organizing and entering my quotes is whether there will ever be an export function to standard databases down the road, should TextCite ever go out of service? By way of example, by dad used to use PCFile extensively to organize his quotes, and they no longer make the software. The export function to PDF is great, but wouldn't preserve the organizational properties of the quotes is my best guess. I would be grateful for any feedback or advice you might have, and thank you very much for your time. best wishes - Ben D.
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There is an option for exporting XML in the upcoming (2.0) version of the program. My problem is that my doctoral thesis is eating all my time, and I won't be able to finish the corresponding Import function until the thesis is finished. One possible solution is that I can send you a version with Export to XML enabled… it's a fairly simple export format, and you can write a quickie program in Perl or Java to extract the information and do whatever you want with it.
Let me know. I won't be able to get to it till next week at least, though.
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Erik, the XML export option coming up in the 2.0 version sounds awesome. I'll be happy to wait for that, whenever you're able to get around to it. I'm actually not very adept in programming, and just look forward to the new version. Thank you for working on that.
And I wish you the very best with the remainder of your thesis. I had a much smaller final project for my masters a couple of years back, and remember how much that dominated my time and energy even so.
best wishes, and thanks for the response - Ben
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Thank you for your message. I had worked on an export option, but
unfortunately I never completed it. Unfortunately I currently have no time
to work further on TextCite. Best of luck with your projects.
Cheers.
Erik
From: Patrick Hilt [mailto:pahi@users.sf.net]
Sent: lunes, 27 de febrero de 2017 7:12
To: [textcite:discussion]616111@discussion.textcite.p.re.sf.net
Subject: [textcite:discussion] export to database?
Hi Erik,
I am interested in this Export to XML option. It your offer still valid?
Could you send me the version?
Thank you for your message. I had worked on an export option, but
unfortunately I never completed it. Unfortunately I currently have no time
to work further on TextCite. Best of luck with your projects.
Cheers.
Erik
From: Patrick Hilt [mailto:pahi@users.sf.net]
Sent: lunes, 27 de febrero de 2017 7:12
To: [textcite:discussion] 616111@discussion.textcite.p.re.sf.net
Subject: [textcite:discussion] export to database?
Hi Erik,
I am interested in this Export to XML option. It your offer still valid?
Could you send me the version?
Resulta que TextCite guarda sus archivos en formato XML. Lo que tenéis que hacer es crear una copia del archivo .cb, cambiar las extensión a .zip, y extraer los contenidos, los cuales pueden leerse en cualquier editor de texto. El esquema XML es un tanto raro, en particular los libros y las categorías se guardan por separado de las citas, pero todo el texto de las citas junto con sus páginas y resúmenes están ahí.
Salu2,
Erik
From: Lna [mailto:lnacapach@users.sf.net]
Sent: lunes, 27 de febrero de 2017 13:58
To: [textcite:discussion]616111@discussion.textcite.p.re.sf.net
Subject: [textcite:discussion] Re: export to database?
Nooooo, qué mal. Seguro a mi me contestará lo mismo. Uff, bueno, ni modo,
pasaré las citas manualmente.
Muchas gracias, Patrick
Saludos
Elena
El 27 feb. 2017 21:06, "Erik Norvelle" enorvelle@users.sf.net enorvelle@users.sf.net escribió:
Hello Patrick,
Thank you for your message. I had worked on an export option, but
unfortunately I never completed it. Unfortunately I currently have no time
to work further on TextCite. Best of luck with your projects.
Cheers.
Erik
From: Patrick Hilt [mailto:pahi@users.sf.net]
Sent: lunes, 27 de febrero de 2017 7:12
To: [textcite:discussion] 616111@discussion.textcite.p.re.sf.net 616111@discussion.textcite.p.re.sf.net
Subject: [textcite:discussion] export to database?
Hi Erik,
I am interested in this Export to XML option. It your offer still valid?
Could you send me the version?
Hi Erik,
That is too bad. Do you have any written documentation on the format? We might consider creating a filter to facilitate importing TextCite data into Citavi. At the moment, there are very few reference management programs that could import quotations from TextCite at all, since most programs do not permit to save quotations together with the title information and categorize the quotations individually.
How do you see the future of the project? Do you believe with any reasonable probability that you will again be interested enough in developing TextCite further some time in the future?
If not, what about putting the current status of the project on the first page in sourcefourge? People continue to download and use TextCite because they assume that it is still actively developed, since it is not immediately obvious that nothing has been done for nine years. I believe you should actively tell them so they can make a qualified decision if they should use it or not.
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There will be no more development on TextCite. It does what it does very well and is highly robust... in all the years it has been available not a single person has lost data. I developed it to help me with my doctoral research, and I have finished that.
As for the TextCite file format, you can do the following: Create a new Citebook (.cb) file, add a couple of authors and publications, add a citation or two to each one, then open the resulting .cb file as XML as I described above. You will have a short file that is easy to understand, the schema is very straightforward.
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Eric, this looks like wonderful software, and one which is impossibly hard to find elsewhere. Thank you for creating it. My one concern before spending hours, if not days, organizing and entering my quotes is whether there will ever be an export function to standard databases down the road, should TextCite ever go out of service? By way of example, by dad used to use PCFile extensively to organize his quotes, and they no longer make the software. The export function to PDF is great, but wouldn't preserve the organizational properties of the quotes is my best guess. I would be grateful for any feedback or advice you might have, and thank you very much for your time. best wishes - Ben D.
Erik, did you have any thoughts on the above?
thanks - Ben
Howdy Ben,
There is an option for exporting XML in the upcoming (2.0) version of the program. My problem is that my doctoral thesis is eating all my time, and I won't be able to finish the corresponding Import function until the thesis is finished. One possible solution is that I can send you a version with Export to XML enabled… it's a fairly simple export format, and you can write a quickie program in Perl or Java to extract the information and do whatever you want with it.
Let me know. I won't be able to get to it till next week at least, though.
Erik, the XML export option coming up in the 2.0 version sounds awesome. I'll be happy to wait for that, whenever you're able to get around to it. I'm actually not very adept in programming, and just look forward to the new version. Thank you for working on that.
And I wish you the very best with the remainder of your thesis. I had a much smaller final project for my masters a couple of years back, and remember how much that dominated my time and energy even so.
best wishes, and thanks for the response - Ben
Hi Erik,
I am interested in this Export to XML option. It your offer still valid? Could you send me the version?
Hello Patrick,
Thank you for your message. I had worked on an export option, but
unfortunately I never completed it. Unfortunately I currently have no time
to work further on TextCite. Best of luck with your projects.
Cheers.
Erik
From: Patrick Hilt [mailto:pahi@users.sf.net]
Sent: lunes, 27 de febrero de 2017 7:12
To: [textcite:discussion] 616111@discussion.textcite.p.re.sf.net
Subject: [textcite:discussion] export to database?
Hi Erik,
I am interested in this Export to XML option. It your offer still valid?
Could you send me the version?
export to database?
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Nooooo, qué mal. Seguro a mi me contestará lo mismo. Uff, bueno, ni modo,
pasaré las citas manualmente.
Muchas gracias, Patrick
Saludos
Elena
El 27 feb. 2017 21:06, "Erik Norvelle" enorvelle@users.sf.net escribió:
Hello Patrick,
Thank you for your message. I had worked on an export option, but
unfortunately I never completed it. Unfortunately I currently have no time
to work further on TextCite. Best of luck with your projects.
Cheers.
Erik
From: Patrick Hilt [mailto:pahi@users.sf.net]
Sent: lunes, 27 de febrero de 2017 7:12
To: [textcite:discussion] 616111@discussion.textcite.p.re.sf.net
Subject: [textcite:discussion] export to database?
Hi Erik,
I am interested in this Export to XML option. It your offer still valid?
Could you send me the version?
export to database?
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=25#06d9
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Resulta que TextCite guarda sus archivos en formato XML. Lo que tenéis que hacer es crear una copia del archivo .cb, cambiar las extensión a .zip, y extraer los contenidos, los cuales pueden leerse en cualquier editor de texto. El esquema XML es un tanto raro, en particular los libros y las categorías se guardan por separado de las citas, pero todo el texto de las citas junto con sus páginas y resúmenes están ahí.
Salu2,
Erik
From: Lna [mailto:lnacapach@users.sf.net]
Sent: lunes, 27 de febrero de 2017 13:58
To: [textcite:discussion] 616111@discussion.textcite.p.re.sf.net
Subject: [textcite:discussion] Re: export to database?
Nooooo, qué mal. Seguro a mi me contestará lo mismo. Uff, bueno, ni modo,
pasaré las citas manualmente.
Muchas gracias, Patrick
Saludos
Elena
El 27 feb. 2017 21:06, "Erik Norvelle" enorvelle@users.sf.net enorvelle@users.sf.net escribió:
Hello Patrick,
Thank you for your message. I had worked on an export option, but
unfortunately I never completed it. Unfortunately I currently have no time
to work further on TextCite. Best of luck with your projects.
Cheers.
Erik
From: Patrick Hilt [mailto:pahi@users.sf.net]
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Could you send me the version?
export to database?
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Hi Erik,
That is too bad. Do you have any written documentation on the format? We might consider creating a filter to facilitate importing TextCite data into Citavi. At the moment, there are very few reference management programs that could import quotations from TextCite at all, since most programs do not permit to save quotations together with the title information and categorize the quotations individually.
How do you see the future of the project? Do you believe with any reasonable probability that you will again be interested enough in developing TextCite further some time in the future?
If not, what about putting the current status of the project on the first page in sourcefourge? People continue to download and use TextCite because they assume that it is still actively developed, since it is not immediately obvious that nothing has been done for nine years. I believe you should actively tell them so they can make a qualified decision if they should use it or not.
There will be no more development on TextCite. It does what it does very well and is highly robust... in all the years it has been available not a single person has lost data. I developed it to help me with my doctoral research, and I have finished that.
As for the TextCite file format, you can do the following: Create a new Citebook (.cb) file, add a couple of authors and publications, add a citation or two to each one, then open the resulting .cb file as XML as I described above. You will have a short file that is easy to understand, the schema is very straightforward.