discuss: Re: From EndNote to Lyx
Subject:
Re: From EndNote to Lyx
From:
Emma Jane Hogbin ####@####.####
Date:
5 Apr 2004 22:45:58 -0000
Message-Id: <20040405150015.GC784@smeagol>
On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 09:16:18PM +0200, ivan wrote:
> I'm new to this mailing list. I made a new mini-howto, called
> "from_endnote_to_lyx". It is written in docbook sgml.
> I think that this could be a good mini-howto to migrate from
> endnote/microsoft word to Lyx.
It looks interesting to me, but I'm not sure that it's ready for inclusion
in the collection yet. I would like to see more information about LyX in
the document (or at least point to other resources about LyX). The
document seems to assume that the user already knows about LyX and is only
needing to convert a bibliography. Is that right?
I would at least provide the user to the JBibTEXManager and LyX web sites.
(I know you do this later, but I'd do it sooner as well.)
Ideally there would also be a set of brief instructions on how to install
LyX and what the basic features are. If your document is only for people
who already use LyX I think it could end up reaching a smaller audience.
There's a fair amount of markup that could be added as well. Especially
for GUI menu selections. I'm off-line right now so I don't have the
resources with me, but I believe the author guide gives a quick HOWTO in
the DocBook: Sample Markup appendix. Maybe you could add some screen shots
as well? Your text description seems good to me, but pictures can be very,
very helpful.
You'll need to include the full text of the license as well, but that's
easy to add.
> First delete the item <emphasis>label</emphasis> in all of the parts of the template. Then add two commas to different points of the template. The first comma is after the first parenthesis, and the second before the last parenthesis. We show an example of a correct template.
Is there an easy search and replace regular expression type thing that you
could include in the document to help automate this process? If someone
has in the range of 300+ documents in their bibliography this step will be
very time consuming! Or is this just in the template? Already I'm
confused. ;) I'm probably not your target audience though, so you will
need to decide what's best for your readers.
> <entry align="center" valign="top"><para>Author = {`Author`},</para></entry>
It's really back ticks? Be sure to say explicitly in your text which
should be used (or if it even matters).
> Now you can export in bibtex format your bibliography from endnote. To do this, go to the file menu, select the menu <emphasis>export</emphasis>. A window will appear and save your file in text format (with the extension .<emphasis>txt</emphasis>). The file must be processed first in a linux editor as <emphasis>kate</emphasis> or similar. In kate open the bibliography file. Delete the white space present at the beginning of the file and change the end of the row from Macintosh/Windows to Unix. Then save the file with the extension .<emphasis>bib</emphasis> and with a name without any withe space. The name <emphasis>BIBLIO.bib</emphasis> is a correct name that can be used. Don't use name too long!
> </para>
Does it need to be kate? Or can you use any text editor?
> </term><listitem><para>I inserted a citation in the lyx document but it doesn't appear at the end of the document in the bibliography. How can I solve this?
Why not include this in the appropriate section as a "warning" or "note"?
Overall I think it's an interesting document. I'd want to see it expanded
to include some more background information before it was included in the
collection.
emma
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