Add an option to add "Cited on pages" in JStyle bibliography

[subhramit]

There exists a mechanism in JabRef to add "Cited on pages: ..." to bibliography entries when using JStyle citations.
However, this is presently not accessible to the user to be triggered, thus rendering the feature useless.

Suggestion would be to provide an option to the user to use this feature.

Solution

The solution is simple, albeit will have multiple parts - will require work both on the UI and the backend.

Frontend:

Add an option to use this feature ONLY when a JStyle is selected, maybe somewhere in the OpenOffice Panel Settings:

Hint: Use a listener for style type

Backend:

In the OOBibBase class, we have a boolean alwaysAddCitedOnPages, which is presently always set to false:

jabref/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/openoffice/OOBibBase.java

Lines 74 to 75 in 70d7c9c

	// Shall we add "Cited on pages: ..." to resolved bibliography entries?
	private final boolean alwaysAddCitedOnPages;

Use this to convey the selected option through syncOptions.
Refs. TODO comments added in #11690

Additional:

It would be even better if this can be added as a user preference.
Hint: As an example, see how getOpenOfficePreferences().getSyncWhenCiting() is used to store a similar preference selected from the OO Panel settings.

[subhramit]

This is a very good issue for anybody fairly well-versed with Java, who wants to get exposed to many aspects of JabRef development. Although this is more of a "good third issue" rather than a "good first issue". It contains three subparts, each of which can individually count as a "good first issue" when it comes to depth of exploration needed.

[subhramit]

Was this resolved? @Siedlerchr

[Siedlerchr]

Oh no that was accidentally. You can probably help the guy in the gutter chat

[heyitsdross]

Will implement

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