XBibT{sub E}X and friends.
N. J. Kelly, Christopher Bischof · TUGboat · 1992
The XBibT E X utility provides an X Window interface for inserting entries into a bibliography database in BibTEX format. XBibT E X provides a template of the required and optional fields for each entry type defined by BibTEX. In addition, XBibT E X accommodates two additional entries named keyword and annote for maintaining an annotated bibliography. The user enters the information to be stored in the database; XBibT E X automatically inserts the entry in the bibliography file in a format that conforms to BibT E X's specifications. We also introduce two related utilities, bibprocess and bibsearch. The first allows one to merge the contents of user-defined fields into a.bbl file produced by BibT E X; the second allows one to retrieve the L a T E X key of publications that contain user-specified keywords. This report contains a users guide as well as installation and customization instructions for XBibT E X, bibprocess, and bibsearch. 1 An Example of How to Use XBibT E X BibT E X is a bibliographical database utility described in [2]. While BibT E X provides a convenient mechanism for storing and retrieving bibliographic records, it lacks a convenient means for entering new items.more » The user can easily make mistakes---for example, forgetting the required fields, the double quotes, or the commas surrounding the information in an entry.« less