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

Hi

On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 15:44 -0600, jorge wrote:

> Hi
>
>       LibreOffice has a Menú: Insert-Index-Bibliographic entry that could be
> used. I have to advice that I never use it and I don't know How to use,
> but if some one know he would share with us and solve the problem.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jorge Rodríguez
>
> __________________
>
> El lun, 11-07-2011 a las 01:10 -0700, drorlev escribió:
> > There are several (free and non-free) reference managers in the "market".
> > Zotero is one of them, JabRef is another, personally I use (and recommend)
> > Bibus. 
> > There are even more. A comparison can be found 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
> > here . 
> > Most can handle BibTex. 
> >
> > It seems to me that implied in the original post is the question whether
> > LibO should join this "market", offering a (full fledged?)
> > bibliography/reference manager.
> > This will require, of course, the ability to directly import Bibtex files.
> >
> > My impression is that: 
> > (1) there are plenty of good-enough (and getting better) reference manager
> > programs;
> > (2) developing a good one is not trivial;
> > (3) the variety of programs indicate a variety of needs and usage style -
> > implementing one in LibO might make people unhappy with LibO because they
> > don't like the way it handles bibliography, which is not its main object in
> > the first place...
> >
> > so I think that LibO should focus on providing a good and easy to use
> > interface (API?) for other /programs/ that take bibliography/reference as
> > their main business. 
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context: 
> > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Feature-request-native-BibTeX-support-tp3157370p3158509.html
> > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
> -- 
> Atentamente,
>
> Jorge Rodríguez

An alternative is to use Base. I have been thinking on these lines so I
will look into it more.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

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