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| dev:citation_styles:style_editing_step-by-step [2017/11/27 04:33] – [Manually Editing CSL styles] bwiernik | dev:citation_styles:style_editing_step-by-step [2017/11/27 04:59] – bwiernik |
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| Download the style you want to edit to your computer, and open it in a (plain) text editor like Notepad on Windows, TextEdit on Mac OS X (select "Make Plain Text" under "Format"), or gedit in Linux. Other options are [[http://notepad-plus-plus.org/|Notepad++]] for Windows, [[http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/|TextWrangler]] for Mac OS X, [[http://www.oxygenxml.com/|oXygen XML Editor]], [[http://www.thaiopensource.com/nxml-mode/|Emacs in nXML mode]], and [[http://www.jedit.org/|jEdit]], which all support XML syntax highlighting (CSL is an XML-based language) and in some cases also real-time [[https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Validation|validation against the CSL schema]]. | Download the style you want to edit to your computer, and open it in a (plain) text editor like Notepad on Windows, TextEdit on Mac OS X (select "Make Plain Text" under "Format"), or gedit in Linux. Other options are [[http://notepad-plus-plus.org/|Notepad++]] for Windows, [[http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/|TextWrangler]] for Mac OS X, [[http://www.oxygenxml.com/|oXygen XML Editor]], [[http://www.thaiopensource.com/nxml-mode/|Emacs in nXML mode]], and [[http://www.jedit.org/|jEdit]], which all support XML syntax highlighting (CSL is an XML-based language) and in some cases also real-time [[https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Validation|validation against the CSL schema]]. |
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| Paste the style code into the [[/support/dev/citation_styles/reference_test_pane|Zotero Reference Test pane]], so you instantly see the effect of code changes on the style output. If you make your edits directly in the test pane, save your edits often via your text editor or using the "Save" button {{:dev/citation_styles/csledit-save.png}}, as changes in the test pane get lost easily. | Paste the style code into the [[/support/dev/citation_styles/reference_test_pane|Zotero CSL Editor]], so you instantly see the effect of code changes on the style output. If you make your edits directly in the test pane, save your edits often via your text editor or using the "Save" button {{:dev/citation_styles/csledit-save.png}}, as changes in the test pane get lost easily. |
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| See the [[http://citationstyles.org/citation-style-language/documentation/|documentation page]] of the CSL project website for information on making CSL changes (in particular, make sure to take a look at the [[http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html|CSL specification]]. Below we discuss a few common and simple style edits to get you started. | See the [[http://citationstyles.org/citation-style-language/documentation/|documentation page]] of the CSL project website for information on making CSL changes (in particular, make sure to take a look at the [[http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html|CSL specification]]. Below we discuss a few common and simple style edits to get you started. |
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