Re: [O] org-ref in action

[Ista Zahn]

Yes, totally off topic for this thread, please start a new one.

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Xebar Saram <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> off topic a bit again. im an academic (asst. prof) in Epidemiology and have
> been using org-mode for about a year now. i love using org but im really not
> very technical at all. it has always been a dream for me to ditch word and
> move over to Latex and even better orgmode to write my scientific
> publications, writing my CV etc.
> The problem is i cant really find a good "for dummies" guide on how to
> really get started. again im really not technical so i always give up really
> fast on this.
>
> Do you guys think i should give it a shot (again not very technical :)) and
> if so what would be the steps/guides to follow? perhaps start by drafting a
> CV since thats perhaps easier?
>
> kind regards
>
> Z.
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> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Matt Lundin <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Alan Schmitt <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > On 2014-06-26 16:39, Matt Lundin <address@hidden> writes:
>> >
>> >> By contrast, ox-bibtex.el runs citations through bibtex2html, which is
>> >> pretty much limited to the "old-fashioned" bibtex formats.
>> >
>> > What would be required for bibtex2html to take biblatex input? I thought
>> > the backend format was similar or the same (as you can tell, I know
>> > nothing of biblatex).
>>
>> I don't think this is possible without some major
>> hacking/conversion/filtering. Biblatex has many more entry types and
>> fields than bibtex. I've found that most of the older bibtex utils
>> (bibtools, bibtex2html) choke on my biblatex files.
>>
>> Even if biblatex2html did read biblatex data, its output, I believe, is
>> limited to bibtex styles, which cannot handle more complex formats. Many
>> scientific journals require bibtex formats. But many humanities
>> disciplines have more complicated bibliographical requirements that
>> bibtex cannot handle.
>>
>> Best,
>> Matt
>>
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