Short: BibCard for Amiga. KS2.04 and above Author: mluger@bio.vu.nl Uploader: mluger@bio.vu.nl Version: 1.0 Type: text/tex Replaces: text/tex/bibcard_091.lha BibCard is a database program to control BibTeX files. These are files with references to articles, books, conferences etc. and are used in combination with LaTeX. It requires minimal v2.04 (kickstart V37) of the operating system. It has been written and tested (using Mungwall and Enforcer) under v3.1 (V40), but should run under 2.04 and higher. BibCard has the following features: - It can handle multiple bib files at once. It opens for every bib file a new window. - It has an extended Annotation option. - It has a @preamble option - It supports @string entries. - Every entry that is unknown for BibCard will be stored, saved and is also editable. - For every entry and field is some help, explaining where it is used for. - It can read "" and {} pair's for field delimiters. - Sensitive help. - Search option. - Supports text entering through the textfield.gadget. - BibCard opens on the Workbench, a public screen or his own public screen. - For a custom screen any font can be choosen. - Is font sensitive. - Is an AppWindow. - Supports icon creation for saved bibfiles. History ======= v1.0 (5.11.95) -------------- o When 'fixed window size' was selected in the preferences, a new opened window could not be sized. v0.92 (11.10.95) ---------------- o Added Iconfy o Added DropBox o Added . o The Help texts for the entry menu din't give the right help. o Added an AmigaGuide file. o For every bibitem that is marked an '*' is shown in the titlebar. o With the '*' key you can mark or unmark a bibitem. o Marked items can be deleted. v0.91 (27.8.95) --------------- o During install under kickstart 2.0 the textfield.gadget ended up in the wrong place. o When there was no field entry in a bibfile the field seperator "," showed up in the fields in bibcard. Now the "," is removed and when the bib file is saved these entries will be skipped. o The ListView in the Cite Window is now a MultipleSelect ListView. The behaviour is the same as under u*ix. o ToolTypes are now supported. o The option to open on a named public screen was broken. Now it is working again. o The BibFile window is now an AppWindow. o An icon can be saved with the bibfile. o For every field 2500 characters can be entered (was 256). v0.9 (10.8.95) ------------- o The type of screen where bibcard opens can now be selected. o Font is selectable and all windows are now font senstive. o Added some more help. o Adding and deleting entries to the Abbrevation and Unknown Window could result in a serious hangup. o Added PROGDIR: to the search path for the preference file. o Rewritten some parts of the doc. v0.8 (18.7.95) -------------- o Preferences can now be saved. o Add [NEXT] and [PREV] buttons in the Find panel. o Added menu and key support to the CiteWindow. o The Annotation field now uses the textfield.gadget. With this external gadget you can enter multiple lines. o The CiteWindow and the Annotation Window can now be open at the same time and every BibFile has his own Annotaton and Cite window. o Unknown fields are now editable. o An interlace option is added for custom screens. v0.7 (11.6.95) -------------- o Added editting of unknown fields. o Added Cut/Copy/Paste functions using an internal buffer. o A line will be drawn between the required and the optional fields. o Field delimeters can be set between "" and {} pairs. o The main window can be set at fixed size. o Added Find option. v0.6 (8.5.95) -------------- o Initial release ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 271 56.8% 08-Nov-95 21:08:20 BibCard.info 74140 38835 47.6% 08-Nov-95 21:20:30 +BibCard 28014 9656 65.5% 08-Nov-95 21:20:58 +BibCard.guide 840 322 61.6% 15-Jul-95 18:19:18 +BibCard.guide.info 502 336 33.0% 27-Aug-95 15:38:36 +BibCard.info 20392 11449 43.8% 21-Jun-95 00:05:06 +textfield.gadget 2713 808 70.2% 08-Nov-95 21:11:52 +Install 1903 1035 45.6% 15-Jul-95 18:28:40 +Install.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 129132 62712 51.4% 09-Nov-95 18:40:02 8 files