Mellel is the first alternative to Word that I have ever taken seriously. I can't stand Endnote, though Word is still my default wp when it comes to working fast - sorry, you two, but I've been using Word since 1.05 back in 1986 (or 1987). Each would give you the ability to drop in citations formatted to your discipline's conventions - mine uses a modified version of Chicago - and then track those citations so as to produce an also correctly formatted bibliography at the end of the document.ĭammit, no mix and match.
Yeah, in a perfect world, you could have the citation db of your choice work with the wp of your choice. (I'm not sure it's a good idea to have small plastic blocks in the same house as a six month old.) That may happen during our Christmas break, though I had thought about setting aside my time to actually learn PhotoShop instead of poking around randomly until I get the results I want - that, and I hinted to my wife that the latest MacWorld pointed out that you could play with Lego MindStorms on a Mac.
#Use bibdesk file in latex download#
Maarten's memory is correct, though at the rate you two are going, you may get me to download LaTeX yet and give it a spin. I think we've been down that road before And while the statement is true, I'm not sure laudanum is prepared to take the plunge yet. When I used Framemaker I used it together with Endnote. As for DocBook: I have no clue if or how they interact. This would need some quite of non-trivial interaction between BibTeX/LaTeX and the wp. What is needed to have it work with Word is some kind of mechanism which would then create the bibliography *inside* the wp and format it according to the used style. Yes, the interaction in itself works, but this is only half of what is needed. Ok, I'll then put it on the Wiki, probably this weekend. OTOH, there are tools for FrameMaker to get it to use BibTeX, although I'm not sure that BibDesk will help with the interaction: it most certainly will help in filling the database in the first place. I think we've been down that road before - View image here: - And while the statement is true, I'm not sure laudanum is prepared to take the plunge yet.Īt the moment, there's quite a lot going on with BibDesk, but interaction with word processors is not a high priority.Īctually BibDesk is designed to interact with text editors, if you were using something like DocBook, you might be able to get BibDesk to cooperate (although the data-base format is wildly different: that might be a problem). It's a bit scary at the moment, but once you took the first hurdles there's lots of reward. You might want to check out LaTeX, really. FYI: the diagram was made in OmniGraffle: looks impressive, only takes 5 minutes to make. Go ahead, I don't participate in Wikis myself - not enough hours in a day. Did you make this by yourself? Maybe something to put on the BibDesk Wiki? Some of the tools out there allow you to produce an html file from this auxiliary file, I think most word-processors will allow you to included that while maintaining the style. If you can manually produce a list of keys you cited in your paper (all of them, in order), then it is easy to produce a faked auxiliary file. Its programming language uses a postfix notation, that makes me feel like shifting your mind in reverse. You do not want to write a bibtex style file yourself. Really nice for finding that elusive article you once read. When I write an article, I never include this information, but using a special style file I can produce a bibliography (on an otherwise empty document) that gives a nice overview of the database, and includes the abstracts. I've added the abstract of most of the articles to my bibtex database. Here is an image of the workflow, it is linked to a pdf-version of the same.Ī few notes: you can add your own fields to bibtex databases, and write a bibtex style file to make use of it. Let me explain the normal workflow, from it you can deduce what may work for you. The underlying tools are geared towards LaTeX (BibTeX was written for LaTeX). Due to some missing features in BibDesk, I'm unable to use BibDesk myself, although I extensively use bibtex.
#Use bibdesk file in latex install#
How do you normally go about managing your references, that is how does your previous solution decide what to include in its list? And equally relevant: what program are you writing your main text in?Īs far as I know, a fairly complete TeX install is needed to fully utilise BibDesk, as several of the TeX tools are used for preview, and rtf export. Golly, I didn't know my musing had such big influence :blush:
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