[texworks] Call for Help: Testing

[Joseph Wright]

On 31/01/2024 21:28, Stefan Löffler wrote:
> Dear Joseph,
> 
> On 31.01.24 22:00, Joseph Wright wrote:
>> On 31/01/2024 20:37, Stefan Löffler wrote:
>>> * Added additional customization options for the "Insert Citations" 
>>> dialog (showing/hiding columns, customizing the default citation 
>>> command) - see https://github.com/TeXworks/manual/issues/14 and links 
>>> therein
>>> * Added support for --insert-text and --insert-cite command line 
>>> options to enable interaction with external programs (e.g., 
>>> bibliography database programs such as JabRef)
>>
>> Is there any documentation for these new features?
> 
> No, not really. For the insert citations stuff, it's mostly about config 
> file entries that can be added manually - these are described in the 
> respective commit messages linked to above.

Would be good to have some idea about the customisation that non-devs 
can access :)

> Regarding the command line options, there is a little help if you run 
> `texworks --help`. But it's really pretty self-explanatory, if you run 
> `texworks --insert-text="Hello world"`, it should insert "Hello World" 
> into the top-most window. The --insert-cite command is mainly an alias, 
> implemented for compatibility/interchangeability with  TeXstudio (which 
> is supported out of the box by JabRef - so testing with JabRef is 
> straight-forward by configuring it to use TeXstudio for pushing 
> references but providing the path to texworks instead).

On macOS, I'm getting a new TeXworks window but no citation transferred: 
maybe I'm missing something. Have you been able to talk to the JabRef 
devs about 'native' support for TeXworks?

Regards,

Joseph