From c7de2ddf67158733ba15cea4cb8f1786e83776d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Caolán McNamara Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:09:47 +0000 Subject: document how to update the damn bibliography database --- extras/source/database/biblio.README | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 extras/source/database/biblio.README (limited to 'extras') diff --git a/extras/source/database/biblio.README b/extras/source/database/biblio.README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8a25c5dcc77a --- /dev/null +++ b/extras/source/database/biblio.README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +When updating biblio.odb be aware that biblio.odb *does not* embed the data of +the database inside the .odb, instead it is configured to store its data in the +per-user database/biblio/biblio.dbf and database/biblio/biblio.dbt files. i.e. +the contents of the ~/.libreoffice/3/user/database/biblio dir. + +If you edit biblio.odb in "base" you will really just be changing your local data +store. + +So, to really change the bibliography the easiest thing to do is to launch writer and +use tools->bibliography database and edit your local one through that UI [1] + +Then *copy* ~/.libreoffice/3/user/database/biblio/biblio.db* to +extras/source/database/ in order to overwrite biblio.dbf and biblio.dbt and +copy ~/.libreoffice/3/user/database/biblio.odb to +extras/source/database/biblio.odb + +[1] a) oddly base doesn't show the same fields that the bibliography widget does, + possibly a bug worth fixing ? + b) oddly base doesn't seem to "PACK" the dbase III files after editing, so + deleted records still take up space in the file, possibly a bug worth + fixing ? -- cgit