[Papyrus-L] jumping ship
Carlos Caceres
caceresc at minmet.uq.edu.au
Tue Oct 23 01:42:06 EDT 2001
RE: [Papyrus-L] Future PapyrusYesterday I migrated to Endnote 4.
Following the wise advice of my fellow Pap-ers I filled up the holes in my data base with dummy references before the big move, and, sure enough, the Pap reference number came up as Endnote's Record Number.
Then I organised the columns in the Endnote library window so the first one is the original Pap #. New additions to the library are incorporated in sequency, which means that my file cabinet full of Pap-numbered hard copies and my cherished filing system are preserved (!).
I should mention that when I last closed the Pap window, I was wished "good luck". I'm sure it knew I was jumping ship.
Dave, if that Windows version ever gets to see the light, I will be among the first ones to come back.
Cheers,
Carlos Caceres
Dr Carlos H. Caceres | http://www.minmet.uq.edu.au/~ccaceres
Senior Lecturer in Casting Technology
Department of Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
Email: c.caceres at minmet.uq.edu.au
FAX: (61)-7-3365 3888
Ph: (61)-7-3365 4377
----- Original Message -----
From: Wilson, Robin
To: 'papyrus-l at rsd.com'
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Papyrus-L] Future Papyrus
Hi Carlos
If you import your Papyrus references into Endnote (using the recommended import/export formats, which worked nicely for every one of my 24,000 references), the Papyrus number is imported to a field called "Label". But you cannot have Endnote automatically increment that Label field thereafter, so you will have to adopt a new system for identifying your references in an Endnote world. (Endnote does have its own auto number, but there is no way of editing it, or importing data to it). Not entirely satisfactory, but maybe the best of a bad lot.
For what it is worth, I think i might go with Endnote though Biblioscape would be cheaper and better still if not for the clunky way of formatting text within titles, eg italicising words (Biblioscape makes you use rtf codes, if you please!)
Good luck, it sounds like lots of us are heading down similar paths ...
bye, Robin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Caceres [mailto:caceresc at minmet.uq.edu.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2001 8:08 AM
> To: papyrus-l at rsd.com
> Subject: [Papyrus-L] Future Papyrus
>
>
> One of the recent e-mails made me realise how dependent I am
> on the Papyrus
> number.
> If anybody founds an alternative program that can incorporate
> this number
> somehow, please make it public.
> Hope Dave changes his mind.
> Regards,
>
> Carlos Caceres
>
> Dr Carlos H. Caceres | http://www.minmet.uq.edu.au/~ccaceres
> Senior Lecturer in Casting Technology
> Department of Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering
> The University of Queensland
> Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
>
>
> Email: c.caceres at minmet.uq.edu.au
>
> FAX: (61)-7-3365 3888
> Ph: (61)-7-3365 4377
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean-francois Royer" <jean-francois.royer at meteo.fr>
> To: <papyrus-l at rsd.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Betreft: Re: [Papyrus-L] Future Papyrus
>
>
> > Dave and fellow Papyrus users,
> >
> > I fully agree with Andrew McLachland's suggestion, and would in fact
> > be rather happy to be able to switch to Linux if a Linux
> version of the
> retriever
> > were available, and occasionally start a DOS session when
> updating of the
> > database is needed.
> >
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > I too am saddened by Dave's announcement.
> > >
> > > Regarding Windows, Linux etc. versions, I have often
> wondered whether
> > > it would be possible to develop a native Windows (or
> Linux) front-end
> > > that acts much like PAP_RES does in DOS. That is, just does simple
> > > searches (or even more complex searches) and then allows
> pasting into
> > > a document. A native Win32 program would eliminate some of the
> > > difficulties of upgrading to WinNT, Win2k etc. It would
> seem that a
> > > program that can read and search a Papyrus database would be
> > > relatively simple to create compared to a Windows/Linux
> version with
> > > new features etc..
> > >
> > > The excellent Papyrus DOS program would remain for creating and
> > > editing the database (albeit with some of the problems
> mentioned by
> > > earlier correspondents).
> > >
> > > Does this sound feasible, or a workable solution to
> keeping Papyrus
> > > useable for a few more years?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew McLachlan, PhD. <MCLACHLA at lincoln.ac.nz>
> > > Ecology & Entomology Group, P.O. Box 84, Lincoln University,
> > > Canterbury, New Zealand. ph. +64 3 325-2811, fax. +64 3
> 325-3844.
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> >
> > Jean-Francois
> >
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