Working With Citations
When working with a bibliography, citations for the currently selected entries may be generated and used in various other applications. A citation in bibtex format can be copied to the clipboard, and then pasted in a latex file. Bibtex citations can also be pushed to an external application such as LyX or Kile using the so-called lyxpipe. Finally, limited support is available for interacting with OpenOffice.org Writer.
Tellico has some limited support for sending citations to OpenOffice.org Writer and updating the bibliography of a document. A special plugin is used, and if it is available, the menu command for citing an entry in Writer is enabled. If it is not enabled, then Tellico is either unable to find the plugin or is unable to load it. More information about building Tellico with OpenOffice.org support is in a later section.
OpenOffice.org must be configured to allow interaction from other applications. There are two methods: named pipes and TCP/IP. Named pipes are the easier and faster. To run Writer and connect with a named pipe, the following command may be used:
The pipe or TCP/IP port can be configured to be open every time OpenOffice.org is used. Check the OpenOffice.org documentation for more details.%oowriter "-accept=pipe,name=OOo_pipe;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager"
To insert a citation, select the entry, then use the . Writer must be running already. Tellico will attempt to connect, and if it fails, it will ask for more information about the connection.
Select the type of connection, either a pipe or a TCP/IP port. Enter the pipe name, or the hostname and port. Tellico will remember your connection settings for later use.
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