On 30 Oct 2007, at 4:11 PM, James Harrison wrote: > 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
Perhaps this page could be linked on the Wiki? And perhaps someone could also write a similar script for Word (I found their AppleScript a bit too complex to go into, and I don't use it). Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
