Hi I'm not French ;-) but completely agree with both Oliver and Martijn. I particularly like the fact that Bibus offers a choice of database backends (SQLite and MySQL - though I wish the choice could be further expanded to include others, such as PostgreSQL), and that it can be run in multi-user mode.
Given that Bibus works with OOo, that it's open source (GPL) and cross platform, wouldn't there be ample room for collaborative development with the Bibliographic project? Often pooling forces is better than too much diversity... Cheers, Julian Nairobi, Kenya > -----Original Message----- > From: Martijn Werts > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: August 30, 2006 6:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users-biblio] Amazing Bibus > > Hello, > > Bibus 1.2.1 is indeed a nice and functional program. (I am > not judging its inner workings: I do not know what's under > the hood of Bibus. All I know is that it works) > > I am currently starting to use it for "real" work. I use it > with MS Word, but I keep the option open to switch one day to > OpenOffice, if Bibus is indeed reliable enough and easy to > use for an average Windows user. > > It is not perfect yet: there are some minor glitches once in > a while, for example when importing/exporting certain data > formats (author name separators are lost etc.), but I am > taking the gamble that these will be simple to fix, and will > indeed be fixed. > > Although it installs under Windows straight "out-of-the-box" > (there is a good installer), it is not yet suited for the > average Windows user, especially someone who is used to > EndNote, since certain operations are confusing. But someone > with a little knowledge of how computers work, and who is > willing to take a look at the Bibus Wiki (especially the > community portal contains nice HOWTOs of most common tasks) > can use Bibus for the normal bibliography management when > writing research papers, proposals and reports. > > For Linux users, it will probably be no problem at all to use > it, since they are probably more familiair with the gory > details of system administration (or is that a silly > prejudice? no offense intended) > > I believe Bibus has the potential to evolve rapidly into an > open-source, cross-platform alternative to EndN*te for use > with MSWord and OpenOffice. I expect that most of the changes > needed to turn it into a program that even the simplest > Windows user can use will be merely cosmetic (change of menu > items, additional dialogs, hiding "confusing" configuration > parameters under an "advanced settings" item), and that some > of the importing/exporting and formatting routines need tweaking. > > I agree with Oliver Brendel that Bibus is really worth the > try (taking into account the usual risks of using open-source > software...). I only hope that development of Bibus will be > able continue at a steady pace, and that standing problems > will be solved before new features are being added. > > Best wishes > Martijn Werts > Rennes (also France, but that is purely accidental) > > At 11:56 30/08/2006, you wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I have just downloaded the newest version of Bibus 1.2.1 for windows > >and I just wanted to share my appreciation with you. > >Integration with OO2 works seamlessly (at least for me) : there is a > >little macro that installes a pipe activating OO to accept UNO > >connections and then OO uses the Bibus database. > >Inserting references in OO is really easy, just position > your coursor, > >switch to Bibus, select your reference and hit CTRL-I. This works > >within text as well as in footnotes and in endnotes. > >Further you can create your journal style with many options really > >comfortably and you can format as well the reference as the in-text > >citation. > >Also Bibus is able to show you all the references cited in your text > >file And much more. > >Even importing my EndNote Refer or RIS output txt file was > no problem > >at all. > >So, I think I have found the software that can replace > EndNote for OO, > >at least for my needs. > >There is only one thing that I have found up to now that causes some > >problems : there is no "City" field for BOOK and INBOOK references. > >But this is a problem that already exists in the OO Bibliography > >Database, also there is no City of publication field. This might be > >something to keep in mind for future development. > > > >Cheers > > > >Oliver > >Oliver Brendel > >Nancy France > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
