Bookends Refereces v2

defineTemplateTag

references

{Kronauer, 2004, #84357}|{Schulze, 2021, #186943}|{Walser, 2020, #265472}|{Bernhard, 2020, #130280}|{Houellebecq, 2022, #269883}|{Theweleit, 2020, #122493}|{Leo, 2014, #267000}

defineTemplateTag

openingDelimiter

{

defineTemplateTag

closingDelimiter

}

defineTemplateTag

before

---

defineTemplateTag

after

script

// This script removes the delimiters of the references to make them look more convenient in the prompt list. Additionally, if a citation is found in the clipboard it gets added to the top of the prompt list.

theTrimmedReferences = draft.getTemplateTag("references");

theOpeningDelimiter = draft.getTemplateTag ("openingDelimiter");
theClosingDelimiter = draft.getTemplateTag ("closingDelimiter");

theClipboard = app.getClipboard();

if ((theClipboard.indexOf(theOpeningDelimiter) == 0) && (theClipboard.indexOf(theClosingDelimiter) == (theClipboard.length - theClosingDelimiter.length)) && (theClipboard.indexOf(", #") != -1)) {

theTrimmedReferences = "★ " + theClipboard + "|" + theTrimmedReferences;

}

theTrimmedReferences = theTrimmedReferences.replaceAll(theOpeningDelimiter, "");
theTrimmedReferences = theTrimmedReferences.replaceAll(theClosingDelimiter, "");

draft.setTemplateTag ("trimmedReferences", theTrimmedReferences);

prompt

theReference

References

Message?

[[trimmedReferences]]

true

true

script

// Inserts the pick from the prompt list plus optional page (range), all wrapped in [[before]] and [[after]]

var theReferences = draft.getTemplateTag("trimmedReferences");

var theOpeningDelimiter = draft.getTemplateTag("openingDelimiter");
var theClosingDelimiter = draft.getTemplateTag("closingDelimiter");

// sets a variable to the text of the prompt selected
var theReference = draft.getTemplateTag("theReference_button");

if (theReference.indexOf("★ ") == 0) {
theReference = theReference.substring(2);
}

// sets a variable to the text of the text field
var page = draft.getTemplateTag("theReference_text");

var theBefore = draft.getTemplateTag("before");
var theAfter = draft.getTemplateTag("after");

// Get the content of the current draft before we modify it
var text = draft.content;

// get cursor or selection
var selRange = [draft.selectionStart, draft.selectionLength];

// Insert choice at the cursor or replace selected text
// draft.content = text.substring(0, selRange[0]) + theReference + text.substring(selRange[0] + selRange[1]);

if ((page != undefined) && page != null && (page != "")) {
draft.content = text.substring(0, selRange[0]) + theBefore + theOpeningDelimiter + theReference + text.substring(selRange[0] + selRange[1]) + "@" + page + theClosingDelimiter + theAfter;}

else {
draft.content = text.substring(0, selRange[0]) + theBefore + theOpeningDelimiter + theReference + text.substring(selRange[0] + selRange[1]) + theClosingDelimiter + theAfter;}


// Save draft changes
draft.update();