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DATA: Source: Edit: convert verbatim to BibTeX not possible #624

Closed typophyllum closed 3 years ago

typophyllum commented 6 years ago

I added a verbatim source and added a citation unter a new genus. At this protonym citation appears a note with dusky pink background saying "Source is verbatim, requires parsing". If I go do DATA: Select this source/Edit, I can only edit the verbatim text, the radio button for BibTeX is disabled.

mjy commented 6 years ago

The behaviour is intended to ensure the types are either verbatim or bibtex.

Solution is to add an option to convert verbatim to bibtex format, preferably via a parser.

typophyllum commented 6 years ago

A related problem with the verbatim source seems to be that I cannot specify author and year of that genus (i.e. relate it to the corresponding source). This works fine with a BibTeX source at another new genus. And the etymology does not get saved, which does work with the BibTex-source genus.

mjy commented 6 years ago

Verbatim will indeed not let you provide author year, this is intentional and won't be changed. We're doing this to strongly encourage people to use BibTeX format, and to not further confuse the logic we'd need to add. You can think of the Verbatim type as basically an import option. Hopefully once we get some parsing in there it will become more useful.

I'd encourage you to check for Google citations BibTeX format of the Source, in many many cases this can be found, then the BibTeX tool can be used.

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A related problem with the verbatim source seems to be that I cannot specify author and year of that genus (i.e. relate it to the corresponding source). This works fine with a BibTeX source at another new genus. And the etymology does not get saved, with does work with the BibTex-source genus.

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proceps commented 6 years ago

I can confirm, that etymology of a taxon does not autosave in Edit Taxon Name task. Only if you click Save button. But the save button is only on the top of the page.

mjy commented 6 years ago

On that form you can always type ctrl-s

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I can confirm, that etymology of a taxon does not autosave in Edit Taxon Name task. Only if you click Save button. But the save button is only on the top of the page.

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