[libreoffice-users] Re: Re: Feature request: native BibTeX support

Am 12.07.2011, 01:17 Uhr, schrieb planas <jslozier@gmail.com>:
> An alternative is to use Base. I have been thinking on these lines so I
> will look into it more.

I am using base for my literature database, but it has serious drawbacks.  
You can use the built-in LO literature database (which isn't portable), or  
you can set up a new one, which will let you include stuff you think is  
useful but not conetained in the original. You can register that as a data  
source and start using it, but as soon as you want to edit any entry from  
within writer, it will tell you that it can't associate the db entries  
with the properties the literature module expects. So what I did was copy  
the existing db, add a few more fields and work with that, but I still had  
to re-asiciate all the db categories anew. And even though I stored it in  
the same directory as the document I used it for, if I copy that directory  
elswehere, the game starts anew.
If I change one of the entries in the db, I have to remove the citation  
from the document and re-insert it before it updates in the literature  
index. If you have cited it multiple times and you misclick once, be  
prepared for additional fun.

Ok, so aside from ranting about stuff I haven't done myself and should be  
thankful for instead of criticizing:
What should be doable (I speculate) is to construct something that will  
import bibtex into the OO-database, maybe even link the database to a  
bitex file (or several)? So if you change your bibtex file, the db will  
update, including establishing new categories, properties and the like.
What should also be done is improve the literature workflow. There is  
certainly something to improve there.

I do not use a plugin for citations because I prefer to have all done  
within one program (actually If I restarted my current project right now,  
I'd probably use a plugin, but now most of the stuff is in LO's database,  
and I won't undo that), and would welcome not having to copy/paste bibtex  
entries into the literature DB by hand. I'll also welcome any improvement  
of LO's bibliography module.


 Zak


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