[OS X TeX] Bibliography Citations (was: New TeXShop macro: "Insert reference")

Simon Spiegel simon at simifilm.ch
Tue Aug 24 03:06:13 EDT 2004


The obligatory Standardised OpenSource Answer (SOSA): The features that 
get implemented are those the developers consider important. If you 
want something no one is willing to implement, do it yourself.

simi
On 24.08.2004, at 08:45, Will Robertson wrote:

>
> Just a rant against BibDesk:
>
> Every now and then I look into the progress of BibDesk, but I've never
> gotten over the fact that it doesn't allow the use of macros (they are
> expanded and fixed on input). So if you like defining thing like
> @string{IEEETransMag = "IEEE Transaction on Magnetics"} so you can
> change them all later (for an abbreviated list, say), you're out of
> luck.
>
> I'll switch to BibDesk when it gets this long-overdue feature. It's on
> the radar, but I don't believe there's any short-term likelihood of the
> problem being solved. Until then, I find managing my bib files manually
> just as easy as using JabRef or tkbibtex.
>
> Will
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