On Tuesday 12 April 2005 11:06 pm, Matej Cepl wrote: > Paul Medwell wrote: > > Although it is possible to create the bib file entirely by hand in a > > text-editor, you may find it easier to use a bib file editor. I use > > tkbibtex, although emacs has a BibTeX editor mode and is probably just as > > good, if not better. There are a heap of others out there as well. > > Hi, Steve, > > I have to support this. Although I do not like Emacs (to say it mildly) and > do not have it installed, I have to admit that from among > BibTeX-in-texteditor, its bibtex-mode is _by far_ the best what I've seen, > and particularly vim's bibtex mode is just a joke. Alternative to Emacs > bibtex-mode are different BibTeX-as-database programs -- tkbibtex, or (what > I've used) pybliographer, or Java jabref. You will be certainly much better > with them, than just with vim (although that's what I use most of the time > -- sometimes I use Kate).
Wow -- I'm really in the dark here, having never published a thesis. I downloaded a shellscript called tkbibtext, and it appears to (sort of) work. I was able to save a .bib file with real information. Now I have some questions... What is a site key, and what should I put in there? A number? A letter? A string? I assume it needs to be unique. Should the author be Lastname, Firstname MiddleInitial? Is the year the year copyrighted? Why is there no provision to state a page number or chapter number? If it's a website, what reference type do I use. tkbibtex has all sorts of reference types, but "Website" isn't one of them? When referencing a website, do I put its URL in the URL field? What are CROSSREF, CODE, ANNOTE and ABSTRACT for, and do I need to use those just to give credit to the original source of the material? Sometimes I reference a whole book, and sometimes I reference a tiny piece of text out of the book (within the bounds of fair use). How do these differ as far as the bibiliaography? I'll probably have more questions -- this is entirely new to me. Thanks SteveT
