Field auto-complete
@gpoo
Submitted by Germán Poo-Caamaño Link to original bug (#705250)
Description
Have pybliographic maintain a list of field values found in databases opened so far. Then make the boxes for entry of appropriate fields into drop-down boxes.
This feature should be cross-file, so that you can open another file and be able to select authors/journals/etc. from other databases.
It would also be useful to be able to have some kind of updating feature, whereby one value might be marked as replacing another. Eg. "Physical Review" -> "Phys. Rev.". On opening a database containing the deprecated version, the user could be prompted whether they wish the values to be updated to the standardised format. This could be made quite complex (and very useful!) by having a list of 'preferred' values, eg. for journal titles.
Perhaps have an option to select whether new values are added by typing directly into the entry-editor window (in the drop-down box), or having an extra 'add new value' dialog.
I believe this type of feature is in endnote, and would be very useful for attracting new users. Although I've been using pybliographic for many years and don't need persuading by such a feature, it would still be very useful!
pybliographic at kepier dot clara dot net