running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

[Alex Maynard]

My experience is that Bibtex is very good and easy to use on linux or
windows. But for someone who has all their references in endnote already
is their an easy way to convert them to bibtex?

 On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Ian Petersen wrote:

> I'm a bit late to the party here, and I've only glanced over the
> discussion history, so sorry if anything I say has already been
> dismissed.
>
> > - right now endnote really is irreplaceable under GNU/linux.  Endnote
> > itself is a terrible, inflexible, incredibly frustrating product that
> > changes its own undocumented standards with every release and is often
> > self-incompatible, but since michelle has thousands of references in her
> > EndNote db and also relies on it to format her citations within word,
> > she needs it functionality.  I hope that something much better will be
> > available within say a year, through the zotero firefox extension and a
> > redesigned bibliography component of OOo, but as I may have said already
> > I've been thinking this is right around the bend for about 3 years.
>
> I understand your desire not to make Michelle switch cold turkey to
> anything vastly different from what she's used to--especially for
> applications in which she has a lot of vested interest such as
> Word--so I'm not advocating that.  But, I wonder if your long term
> goal should be switching her to something based on LaTeX, rather than
> OOo.
>
> I used LyX throughout university to take notes, write papers, do
> assignments, etc.  I still use it today for the occasional letter that
> I need to send to banks, clients, etc. because the results look so
> professional.  The learning curve is a bit intimidating at first, but
> once you know how to use it, it's an incredibly productive tool.  LyX
> even has an officially-supported Windows port, so she can give free
> copies to grad students unwilling to switch.
>
> I've never used BibTeX, but it sounds like a competitor to EndNote,
> only open and indefinitely self-compatible.
>
> Basically, I guess I'm saying that OOo is great for a lot of things,
> but it sounds like Michelle's usage pattern is better suited to LaTeX
> and its related tools and I think LyX could help her become productive
> with LaTeX in the long term.  Of course, I share your belief that
> running Word via Wine or some kind of VM is the best strategy in the
> short term.
>
> Ian
>
> PS If my chatter regarding LyX seems at all useful to you, and you've
> never heard of it before, you can check out the home page at
> http://www.lyx.org
>
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