texbib 0.2.0.post1

A tool for manageing BibTeX references

Texbib is a program that helps you to manage your BibTeX references.

Installation

To install texbib use the following commands

git clone https://github.com/frcl/texbib
cd texbib
pip install .

Since texbib is not stable right now, consider installing it in a virtualenv or locally with the --user flag.

Usage

Basics

To add the contents of a BibTeX foo.bib file to the global bibliography type into a shell

$ texbib add foo.bib

You can specify as many files as you want in a singe command. The entries in the bibliography can be addressed by the ID that is specified in the BibTeX file.

Later you probably want to create a new file with all the references in your document directory. Use the handy dump command for that.

$ texbib dump

To remove a single item with ID foo2000 from the global bibliography

$ texbib rm foo2000

You can find out what references are in the bibliography with

$ texbib show

Using Bibliographies

You can group your references into bibliographies. To create one called fooBib

texbib create fooBib

After creation it is your new active bibliography. Everything you add and remove will be appliyed to it instead of the default one.

To see what bibliographies exist and which is active

$ texbib list

To change the active bibliography to an existing one use the open command.

$ texbib open fooBib

A bibliography can be removed with

$ texbib delete fooBib