<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/11/20 12:26 PM, Rich Shepard
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:alpine.LNX.2.20.2009110915560.31122@salmo.appl-ecosys.com">I've
used JabRef for years but 5.x frustrates me to no end. They've
lost the
<br>
emacs keyboard chords that were present from 1.x through 4.x so to
edit an
<br>
abstract, for example, I need to use the arrow and Del keys. And,
they've
<br>
changed the UI so some data entry tabs have their widgets on the
left half
<br>
of the application window and the entry preview on the right halt.
But,
<br>
accessing the right-hand column of the data entry widgets must be
done blind
<br>
because that half window cannot be expanded to the right. Serious
PITA. Yes,
<br>
I've filed bug issues on both but nothing's been fixed. I've tried
using
<br>
KDE's bibliography tool but that was equally frustrating. And
Zotero doesn't
<br>
use bibtex.
<br>
<br>
Since I'm not a full-time researcher I don't need to share the
bibiography
<br>
with collaborators and I will not store it somewhere in the cloud;
my data,
<br>
my network. I also don't particularly care for a GUI; text-based
works for
<br>
me since that's how I do most of my work (except when using LyX).
<br>
<br>
I've about 1,200 books and PDFs in the bibtex database and other
than
<br>
entering new documents I want to search primarily by keywords,
secondarily
<br>
by authors.
<br>
<br>
Does anyone know of a CLI bibliographic tool? Or a basic one with
a GUI that
<br>
Just Works(TM)?
<br>
<br>
TIA,
<br>
<br>
Rich
<br>
</blockquote>
I haven't used it (I'm sticking with JabRef), but <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/reference-manager">Mendeley</a>
has a GUI that seems reasonable to me, can export .bib files, and
has an interesting "sync" feature that will update exported .bib
files without having to save a new one. (You still have to click a
button to sync changes, so I'm not sure this is a huge improvement
over just exporting a new copy.) I've also seen indications on the
Mendeley site that there is some sort of drag-and-drop interface
where you can just feed it a PDF file and have it suss out the basic
citation poop. U. of Melbourne has a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://unimelb.libguides.com/c.php?g=565734&p=3897116">page
with information</a> on how to use it with LaTeX.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
</body>
</html>