The K Desktop Environment

Chapter 3. Using Kaspaliste

The general structure of the tables and the relations is shown in the figure:

The following sections describe the elements in detail.

3.1. Publication

Most elements of the user interface should be self-explanatory. The only uncommon element is the browser-like input line in the upper toolbar. It allows direct manipulation of the internals of the database. The name of the view (e.g. publication) is followed by an SQL-where clause after an '#'-character or an command (e.g. 'new') after an questionmark. Manipulating the where clause allows very complex queries. This item will be improved in the future to simplify searching and dereference external objects.

Publication includes general informations about books, collections, articles, reports etc.:

The interpretation of the publisher/journal field depends on the BibTex-type. The entry is taken as name of the journal if the BibTex is ARTICLE or JOURNAL, if not, the entry is interpreted as publisher name. Clicking the bibliography button leads to the...