[texworks] Call for Help: Testing

[Joseph Wright]

On 31/01/2024 21:40, Joseph Wright wrote:
> 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?

Likely a macOS thing: seems to work smoothly on Windows.

Joseph