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[cgreek:00128] Re: unified reference system



>>>>> "Robin" == Robin Smith <rasmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Naoto> Does this mean that the triplet <Stephanus page, section,
Naoto> line> is not a unique citation in the TLG?

Robin> That is correct.  There are actually two volumes in the Stephanus
Robin> edition, but the Stephanos volume number is not part of the standard
Robin> citation (and does not appear in the TLG citation).  For example, 
Robin> "11b1" is a citation both in the Euthyphro and in the Philebus.

Thank you for your explanation.

Naoto> If so, Aristotle should be the only author whose works
Naoto> benefit from inter-work jump. (considering your comment
Naoto> below)

Robin> This is only a set of examples drawn from Plato and Aristotle. 
Robin> There probably are some authors (especially authors of only a few
Robin> works) for whom unique citations do exist across works (including
Robin> the trivial case of authors with a single work). What I'm trying to
Robin> say is that any sort of cross-work jump would have to be based on
Robin> the details of a particular author's case and is going to take a whole
Robin> lot more than a few dozen lines of elisp to implement.  

I have no intention of writing programs for cross-work jump for all
authors.  However, writing a cross-work jump program for Aristotle
(using Bekker page) should not be so difficult and benefit many
scholars.  So I will.  The user still has to use the w key to select a
work that does not have Bekker pages, but it should be acceptable.

Robin> BTW, I've just noticed that the current version of the tlg utilities
Robin> doesn't correctly read the citations in the second collection of 
Robin> Epigrams in Plato (tlg0059.idt work 41).

In what way?  I have just tried tlg0059.idt work 41, but it seems
working.  Another bug in version D?  I attached my tlg0059.idt from
version E.

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