Re: PhD Thesis in ConTeXt

["Jeff Smith" <ascarel@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I will let the other, more experienced posters answer the bulk of your
questions, as they will do better than I. But about Endnote, which I
happen to use, alongside my own own doctoral dissertation writing
under ConTeXt, I can share some of my experience.

Although Endnote can export into BibTeX format, the result seems not
to be directly usable by BibTeX. Not familiar at all with BibTeX and
stuff in the beginning, I had look hard to find my answer, and I
finally did with the following link, although it's in a different
context:

http://www.mackichan.com/index.html?techtalk/558.htm~mainFrame

So I wrote a small Python program converting the keys that Endnote
exports -- and now everything works like a charm. I have no idea what
are your options, and what you are willing to do, but the bottom line
is, there is a slight obstacle going from Endnote to BibTeX, despite
appearances.

Jeff


On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 13:56, Piotr <wuscheln@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have spent some time with google in order to find an answer to the
> following questions. Unfortunatly, I was not satisfied with the
> answers, which I now hope to find here.
>
> It is my plan not to use the MS Office suite for the production of my
> PhD thesis (in chemistry). I have used Miktex some years ago during my
> studies for some project reports, and I remember beeing quite
> satisfied with the results. My Master thesis, on the other hand, I
> wrote in word.. and although I remember not having too many
> difficulties, there were some nasty obstacles to be overcome.
> Obstacles which I simply do not want to risk having repeated a second
> time on a much bigger scale.
> I this mailing list I read several reports of people who either had
> written their thesis in Latex or ConTeXt. There was a mention of Latex
> beeing designed for mathematic purposes, while ConTeXt was said to be
> better suited for the intergration of graphics or larger/more complex
> layout changes.
>
> 1) Finding the right context
> For now I had quite some difficulties to find that proper Latex
> distribution - a problem that actually led me to the existence of
> ConTeXt. I am wondering which latex distribution I should choose in
> order to work with ConTeXt? I am running Windows Vista (64-bit). Or is
> there a ConTeXt stand alone package that will absolutely satisfy my me
> in my needs? In principle, all I need is
>
> 2) The right editor
> What is the preferred editor for ConTeXt? for such a project? Is there
> any loss in functionality when using Texniccenter with ConTeXt than
> with MikTex instead?
>
> 3) I have seen some thesis templates/examples in this mailinglist. Can
> anyone point me to additional sources regarding the creation of a PhD
> Thesis with ConTeXt? What is the advantage over Latex, what are the
> disadvantages? Is there a win-win distribution somewhere on the table?
>
> 4) Has anyone used a typesetting suite like ContTeXt with CVS?
>
> 5) Is the ConTeXt reference system compatible with Endnote?
>
> Is there any point to have latex installed, when context can do the
> trick? Or lets ask the devils advocate the other way around: What is
> the point of installing context, when latex could do the trick? Apart
> that I have to re-learn latex anyway.. what is better with Context?
>
> Regards,
>
>  Piotr Jakubowicz
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