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Java-based BibTeX database front-end.

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JabRef overview

JabRef is a graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases, the standard format for LaTeX bibliography references. JabRef is built to be platform-independant (requires Java 8 or later).

What’s new in version 5.9

Updated on Jan 11 2023

Added
  • We added a dropdown menu to let users change the library they want to import into during import. #6177
  • We added the possibility to add/remove a preview style from the selected list using a double click. #9490
  • We added the option to define fields as "multine" directly in the custom entry types dialog. #6448
Changed
  • We changed database structure: in MySQL/MariaDB we renamed tables by adding a JABREF_ prefix, and in PGSQL we moved tables in jabref schema. We added VersionDBStructure variable in METADATA table to indicate current version of structure, this variable is needed for automatic migration. #9312
  • We moved some preferences options to a new tab in the preferences dialog. #9442
  • We renamed "Medline abbreviation" to "dotless abbreviation". #9504
  • We now have more "dots" in the offered journal abbreviations. #9504
  • We now disable the button "Full text search" in the Searchbar by default #9527
Fixed
  • The tab "deprecated fields" is shown in biblatex-mode only. #7757
  • In case a journal name of an IEEE journal is abbreviated, the "normal" abbreviation is used - and not the one of the IEEE BibTeX strings. abbrv#91
  • We fixed a performance issue when loading large lists of custom journal abbreviations. #8928
  • We fixed an issue where the last opened libraries were not remembered when a new unsaved library was open as well. #9190
  • We fixed an issue where no context menu for the group "All entries" was present. forum#3682
  • We fixed an issue where extra curly braces in some fields would trigger an exception when selecting the entry or doing an integrity check. #9475, #9503
  • We fixed an issue where entering a date in the format "YYYY/MM" in the entry editor date field caused an exception. #9492
  • For portable versions, the .deb file now works on plain debian again. #9472
  • We fixed an issue where the download of linked online files failed after an import of entries for certain urls. #9518
  • We fixed an issue where an exception occured when manually downloading a file from an URL in the entry editor. #9521
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Information

License

Free

Size

198.4 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.jabref.org/

Downloads

22615

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • OS X 10.9 or later
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Using OS 10.8.4 on an iMac and a MacbookPro with Safari 6.0.5 I have repeatedly downloaded JabRef 2.9.2, and 2.9, from MacUpdate and from SourceForge, and always when I try to run it gives the message that it is damaged and must be trashed. I am sure that if I could run it I could give a good rating, but I cannot run it.
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