On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:34 AM, P Kishor wrote: > Dear Developers, (long-ish email... for the punchline, just read the > last para, else read the entire thing), > ... > > We have had long, continuing discussions on what BD really is -- in > the minds of many, dare I say all, it is the winningest bib manager. > For those who work with TeX, it is also makes for a robust citation > system. But, at least for me, who prefers to stay away from TeX, > making the final product, a document with citations and > bibliographies, is still quite difficult. > .... > > BD + some word processor of choice (my choice happens to be Apple's > excellent Pages) workflow is still a long ways away. > ...
Perhaps not as far as you think. You might be interested in taking a look at a BibDesk Applescript I've made available called "CiteInPages" (see jhh.med.virginia.edu/main/CiteInPages). In combination with BibDesk's templating system, it allows you to drag "working citations" containing cite keys from BibDesk into Pages documents and, when you're finished writing, insert final numbered in- text citations and the formatted bibliography list automatically into the Pages document. This does work with Pages v. 3, and in principle it could be implemented for any reasonably-scriptable word processor. It's not fast, but at least in my hands it's quite usable. I've been using BibDesk for some months, including several manuscripts and a grant application, but I'm new to the discussion list. I understand that BibDesk comes out of the TeX environment and sensibility, and that it's not intended by its developers to be a replacement for programs like EndNote. The fact is, though, that it fits the current biomedical science writing workflow very well, is beautifully-designed, is very flexible, and the price is irresistible compared with the competition. That inevitably will create a desire to use it as a general purpose reference manager with one's favorite writing tool...and that's what stimulated me to write CiteInPages. I'd be happy to see it useful to others and to receive any comments, suggestions or improvements. Jim Harrison Univ. of Virginia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
