Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:37:52PM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: Good point... I think this list in general accept _short_ attachments (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... I could be wrong though :-) It does. However, people are supposed to cut down the example

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:37:52PM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: Good point... I think this list in general accept _short_ attachments (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... I could be wrong though :-) It does. However, people are supposed to cut down the example

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:37:52PM +0100, Christian Ridderström wrote: > Good point... I think this "list" in general accept _short_ > attachments (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... > I could be wrong though :-) It does. However, people are supposed to cut down the

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-16 Thread Matej Cepl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rich Shepard wrote: Second of all, most lists don't like to have people attach files to messages -- even small files -- because many list subscribers pay for their connect time at a rate they consider Yes, it is true that attachments are usually

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-16 Thread Holger Zebner
When I started to edit bib-databases I used phybiliographic to enter the major part of the information. It does a good job and ha sa nice GUI. At some point I ran into troubles like having to enter more than one author to enter or changeing the commands for URLs. In that case I open the file

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-16 Thread Matej Cepl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rich Shepard wrote: Second of all, most lists don't like to have people attach files to messages -- even small files -- because many list subscribers pay for their connect time at a rate they consider Yes, it is true that attachments are usually

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-16 Thread Holger Zebner
When I started to edit bib-databases I used phybiliographic to enter the major part of the information. It does a good job and ha sa nice GUI. At some point I ran into troubles like having to enter more than one author to enter or changeing the commands for URLs. In that case I open the file

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-16 Thread Matej Cepl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rich Shepard wrote: > Second of all, most lists don't like to have people attach > files to messages -- even small files -- because many list > subscribers pay for their connect time at a rate they consider Yes, it is true that attachments are

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-16 Thread Holger Zebner
When I started to edit bib-databases I used phybiliographic to enter the major part of the information. It does a good job and ha sa nice GUI. At some point I ran into troubles like having to enter more than one author to enter or changeing the commands for URLs. In that case I open the file

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal address when conversing on the list (see http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct explanation of the problem -- I wouldn't say it in such tone). Second of all,

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal address when conversing on the list (see http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct explanation of the problem -- I

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: Good point... I think this list in general accept _short_ attachments (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... I could be wrong though :-) Christian, Not to flog a dead equine, but I didn't know if a 3+K file was short

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
Emacs and bibtex... Oops... I managed to lose my original reply.. good thing I actually put the tips on the wiki. If you want to add tips about using Bibtex with LyX, you can do so here: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/Tips/BibTeX I put some tips on Emacs' bibtex-mode (which I

Short attachments (was Re: Bibliographic entries)

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: Good point... I think this list in general accept _short_ attachments (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... I could be wrong though :-) Christian, Not to flog a dead

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Ronald Florence
On Bibtex, command line editing, and GUIs ... My fingers think in emacs, and although I now work on a Mac after 16 years on SunOS, Solaris, and predecessors, I instinctively gravitate toward command line solutions in unfamiliar situations. That said, I would strongly urge using a good GUI

Re: Short attachments (was Re: Bibliographic entries)

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: Flog away..., IMO the question is relvant in general to user's of this list.. (I'd say 3+K is short but I'm on 10Mbit...) Actually, the expression minimal example file comes to mind... so I guess in general it's ok with attachments if they

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal address when conversing on the list (see http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct explanation of the problem -- I wouldn't say it in such tone). Second of all,

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal address when conversing on the list (see http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct explanation of the problem -- I

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: Good point... I think this list in general accept _short_ attachments (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... I could be wrong though :-) Christian, Not to flog a dead equine, but I didn't know if a 3+K file was short

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
Emacs and bibtex... Oops... I managed to lose my original reply.. good thing I actually put the tips on the wiki. If you want to add tips about using Bibtex with LyX, you can do so here: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/Tips/BibTeX I put some tips on Emacs' bibtex-mode (which I

Short attachments (was Re: Bibliographic entries)

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: Good point... I think this list in general accept _short_ attachments (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... I could be wrong though :-) Christian, Not to flog a dead

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Ronald Florence
On Bibtex, command line editing, and GUIs ... My fingers think in emacs, and although I now work on a Mac after 16 years on SunOS, Solaris, and predecessors, I instinctively gravitate toward command line solutions in unfamiliar situations. That said, I would strongly urge using a good GUI

Re: Short attachments (was Re: Bibliographic entries)

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: Flog away..., IMO the question is relvant in general to user's of this list.. (I'd say 3+K is short but I'm on 10Mbit...) Actually, the expression minimal example file comes to mind... so I guess in general it's ok with attachments if they

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Nirmal Govind
choice (Eclipse) or becuase they actually make life easier (LyX vs. LaTeX), I thought they almost always made life easier.. and maybe I'm wrong... but in any case, with the bib files, I sure do think they do.. nirmal

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: > First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal > address when conversing on the list (see > http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct > explanation of the problem -- I wouldn't say it in such tone). Second of

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: > > > First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal > > address when conversing on the list (see > > http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct > > explanation of the

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: > Good point... I think this "list" in general accept _short_ attachments > (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... I could be > wrong though :-) Christian, Not to flog a dead equine, but I didn't know if a 3+K file was

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
Emacs and bibtex... Oops... I managed to lose my original reply.. good thing I actually put the tips on the wiki. If you want to add tips about using Bibtex with LyX, you can do so here: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/Tips/BibTeX I put some tips on Emacs' bibtex-mode (which I

Short attachments (was Re: Bibliographic entries)

2003-11-15 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > > Good point... I think this "list" in general accept _short_ attachments > > (typically .lyx or .layout-file illustrating a problem)... I could be > > wrong though :-) > > Christian, > > Not to

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-15 Thread Ronald Florence
On Bibtex, command line editing, and GUIs ... My fingers think in emacs, and although I now work on a Mac after 16 years on SunOS, Solaris, and predecessors, I instinctively gravitate toward command line solutions in unfamiliar situations. That said, I would strongly urge using a good GUI

Re: Short attachments (was Re: Bibliographic entries)

2003-11-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: > Flog away..., IMO the question is relvant in general to user's of this > list.. (I'd say 3+K is short but I'm on 10Mbit...) > > Actually, the expression "minimal example file" comes to mind... so > I guess in general it's ok with attachments if

Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
This is all new to me; another learning opportunity. I've read the BibTeX section in LaTeX for Linux and a couple of Web pages. Taking one step at a time, I'd like to have someone take a look at my .bib file and let me know if I've done it properly. So far I have only about a dozen entries, but

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Matej Cepl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rich Shepard wrote: I'd like to have someone take a look at my .bib file and let me know if I've done it properly. If it is not big, then fear nothing and send it here. Moreover, it may be helpful to read btxdoc.dvi, which is part of your TeX

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Nirmal Govind
Rich - you may want to take a look at some of the frontends out there that create the bib file for you.. so you'll just have to enter the info. into nice GUIs... gBib and sixpack are on Linux systems, there's tkbibtex on Windows... there're a few more like EndNote and pybliographer too that

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: Rich - you may want to take a look at some of the frontends out there that create the bib file for you.. so you'll just have to enter the info. into nice GUIs... gBib and sixpack are on Linux systems, there's tkbibtex on Windows... there're a few more

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Matej Cepl
On Friday 14 of November 2003 23:04, you wrote: Thanks, Matej. First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal address when conversing on the list (see http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct explanation of the problem -- I wouldn't say it in such

Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
This is all new to me; another learning opportunity. I've read the BibTeX section in LaTeX for Linux and a couple of Web pages. Taking one step at a time, I'd like to have someone take a look at my .bib file and let me know if I've done it properly. So far I have only about a dozen entries, but

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Matej Cepl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rich Shepard wrote: I'd like to have someone take a look at my .bib file and let me know if I've done it properly. If it is not big, then fear nothing and send it here. Moreover, it may be helpful to read btxdoc.dvi, which is part of your TeX

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Nirmal Govind
Rich - you may want to take a look at some of the frontends out there that create the bib file for you.. so you'll just have to enter the info. into nice GUIs... gBib and sixpack are on Linux systems, there's tkbibtex on Windows... there're a few more like EndNote and pybliographer too that

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: Rich - you may want to take a look at some of the frontends out there that create the bib file for you.. so you'll just have to enter the info. into nice GUIs... gBib and sixpack are on Linux systems, there's tkbibtex on Windows... there're a few more

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Matej Cepl
On Friday 14 of November 2003 23:04, you wrote: Thanks, Matej. First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal address when conversing on the list (see http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct explanation of the problem -- I wouldn't say it in such

Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
This is all new to me; another learning opportunity. I've read the BibTeX section in "LaTeX for Linux" and a couple of Web pages. Taking one step at a time, I'd like to have someone take a look at my .bib file and let me know if I've done it properly. So far I have only about a dozen entries,

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Matej Cepl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rich Shepard wrote: > I'd like to have someone take a look at my .bib file and let me > know if I've done it properly. If it is not big, then fear nothing and send it here. Moreover, it may be helpful to read btxdoc.dvi, which is part of your TeX

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Nirmal Govind
Rich - you may want to take a look at some of the frontends out there that create the bib file for you.. so you'll just have to enter the info. into nice GUIs... gBib and sixpack are on Linux systems, there's tkbibtex on Windows... there're a few more like EndNote and pybliographer too that

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Rich - you may want to take a look at some of the frontends out there > that create the bib file for you.. so you'll just have to enter the > info. into nice GUIs... gBib and sixpack are on Linux systems, there's > tkbibtex on Windows... there're a few

Re: Bibliographic entries

2003-11-14 Thread Matej Cepl
On Friday 14 of November 2003 23:04, you wrote: > Thanks, Matej. First of all -- it is considered rude to answer to the personal address when conversing on the list (see http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#offlist for rather direct explanation of the problem -- I wouldn't say it in such