JabRef is a graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases, the standard LaTeX bibliography reference format. JabRef is build to be platform independant (requires Java 1.4.2 or newer). It merges and extends the functionalities of BibKeeper (Morten O. Alver) and JBibtexManager (Nizar Batada).
Version 2.4 beta 2: - Opening external files on Linux now uses "xdg-open" as application if no other is specified for the file type. xdg-open should be available to call the appropriate application according to the user's settings on all freedesktop compliant Linux distributions.
- Download external file now attempts to determine file type based on MIME type, using file extension as fallback.
- Changed the way names are handled under autocompletion. Last and first names are now indexed separately.
- A table column can now be set up with fallback fields used if the main field is empty. Fallback fields are set in Options -> Preferences -> Main table columns by setting a column to "field1/field2/...". The fields will be checked in succession until a non-empty value has been found or al fields have been checked. For instance, specifying "author/editor" will result in a column displaying the author field where, set, and the editor field for entries with an empty author field.
- Added special handling of autocompletion for the "crossref" field - now indexes
words from the BibTeX key field instead of the "crossref" field. Added crossref to the default fields using autocompletion.
- Added menu item and shortcut (ctrl shift E) to shift focus to the entry table.
- Main window now remembers maximisation state from last time.
- Improved SQL export feature so the complete information about groups, strings and preamble is included. Added SQL import feature supporting the same database schema.
- Added new implementation of regular expression file search that can handler multiple files and file types. Added regexp search as a third option for autolink feature.
- Added support for BibO RDF format, contributed by Egon Willighagen.
- Fixed bug in autocompletion; continuing writing the suggested word after cycling through alternatives would give wrong result in editor.
- Fixed bug where selection would jump back if an entry of different type was selected by mouse click while editing a field of the current entry.
- Fixed missing name formatting in search dialog. Now uses same formatting as main table.
Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Java 1.5 or later.
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