Shortest Path to Latest Freeplane and JabRef Release Updates

[zenny]

Hi,

From #497 (comment)

I have to admit that there was not much activity with the Docear development and all I can say is that I really would like to continue the development but currently, I just don't have the required time and manpower. So, I don't know if the Docear development will some day again be active.

@Joeran Your efforts are matchless, but a lot of things have changed since the last release, and is breaking many a things, like adding a new project does not get refreshed with a new directory unless Docear (DC) is restarted even in GNU/Linux.

However, it would be appropriate to let the users know the shortest path to upgrade to latest Freeplane (FP) and JabRef (JR) releases componentwise. I meant just the FP and JR binaries which are at v1.7.9 and v4.3.1 resepectively.

Or let users know the conflicts that they may encounter between the DC v1.2Buile291 code and the latest stable FP and JR releases.

Appreciate that!

Cheers,
/z

[koppor]

@zenny You are very welcome to join the development team. JabRef is now more modularized and it should be more easy to port Docear's features to it. In case, you are more into web development: Why not starting a new web-based Docear from scratch? -- We played with that two years ago (https://github.com/JabRef/scimappr), but did not continue (due to lack of funding).

[xiepenggis]

Hello @zenny and @koppor ,
I am doing research work in Geographic Information System (GIS) topic. I used Docear for a while and found it is a very useful app. Give thanks to the development team.
I have experience with coding in GIS app with C# and Python, but not Java. I have been trying very hard to get Docear source code work, then I hope to improve it. But the guide documents about Docear I can find are really not enough to support my self-learning progress. Is there anyone who can help me get started with coding Docear?
Thank you very much.

[koppor]

@xiepenggis Thank you for the update. C# is indeed a very useful skill, since the old Microsoft Word plugin was coded in C#. However, Microsoft seems to switch to JavaScript (JabRef/jabref#6904).

Regarding Docear and JabRef. We cannot use the FeeMind-Code anymore as it is licensed GPL. Thus, we need to rewrite the whole mindmap code. This is currently work in progress (refs https://github.com/koppor/jabref/issues/433). First results should be available mid/end october.

[xiepenggis]

@koppor So excited to hear that, can not wait to try it out.