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From: chpf127@ut-emx.UUCP (J. Eaton)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: BIBTeX
Message-ID: <2268@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 88 18:40:39 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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  I have a lot of references which I would like to have listed in
  BIBTeX file(s) but have found that entering them in an editor is
  pretty slow going, and that I have to keep looking to see what 
  fields I need to enter.  So, 

  Does anyone out there know of or have an interactive program which will
  help me create .bib files for BIBTeX?  Ideally, this program would prompt
  me for the type of entry (i.e. Journal, Book, etc.) and then let me
  enter the information for the different fields.  It would also remind
  me which fields were required, optional or ignored for each type
  of entry.  Extra bonus features would be checking to see that the
  key I've chosen is unique, and whether the entry already exists.

  I could write one, and probably will if no one knows of such a beast, 
  but would appreciate knowing whether I would just be duplicating
  existing software.

  thanks in advance ...


  J. Eaton
  Department of Chemical Engineering
  The University of Texas at Austin
  Austin, TX  78712

  My employer doesn't really like me, and he certainly doesn't trust me
  enough to let me speak for him, so I don't.