Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 17:15:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>, obrien@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/print/bibcard - Imported sources Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970411171337.17313D-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970411120240.16978H-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, John Fieber wrote: > On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Satoshi Asami wrote: > > > * > BiBCard is provides Xview/X11 interface for entring bibilographies in > > * > a natural format, while outputing BibTeX formatted files. > > * > > * Print??? > > * How about database! > > > > It goes with *tex, so I think print is fine. > > Gawk! > > I'll refrain from giving a sermon about sloppy classification. > You can probably find one in the mail archives... The only two tools I know of that do this in the unix world are part of either the groff or tex distributions, not separate creatures. they were designed directly to work hand in hand with those tools. Just because they *could* be bent otherwise, this isn't a good reason to do that, it would just cause confusion for anyone trying to find those tools. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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