3 <title>JabRef-Extensions for JabRef @version@ help</title>
7 <h1>Extending JabRef's export and import capabilities</h1>
9 <h2>Custom exports</h2>
11 <p>JabRef's export and import capabilities can be extended quite
12 easily. Please unzip the JabRef-extensions file, preferably to the
13 same folder where you installed JabRef (where the <code>jabref.jar</code> file can be found).
16 <p>To create your own export format, you can define <i>custom layouts</i>,
17 simple templates where at certain places the contents of a JabRef database are written
18 into. For an example see the files in the <a href="layout">layout directory</a>.
19 For more details about creating your own export format, please read
20 <a href="API/CustomExports.html"><code>API/CustomExports.html</code></a>.</p>
22 <p>The extensions contain also a few simple examples on how to create new <i>field formatters</i> -
23 small commands that determine how database entries are written to your
24 custom layout, please check <a href="net/sf/jabref/export/layout/format"><code>net/sf/export/layout/format</code></a>.
27 <h2>Custom imports</h2>
29 <p>You can also quite easily create an importer that allows you
30 to read references from sources important to you. This requires only
31 modest programming skills. Please check the
32 <a href="SimpleCsvImporter.java">example</a>, compile it
33 using the <code>compileAll.bat</code> script, register it
34 as a custom importer with your JabRef-installation and
35 import the <a href="SimpleCsvImporter.csv">SimpleCsvImporter.csv</a>
36 file to see how it is done. More details can be found
37 in <a href="API/CustomImports.html"><code>API/CustomImports.html</code></a>.</p>
39 <p>All importers that are part of the standard JabRef-distribution are also
40 included in this extensions-package under <a href="net/sf/jabref/imports"><code>net/sf/jabref/imports</code></a>.
41 In addition to serving as further examples, you can also fix them and register them as custom importers
42 if you encounter any problems.
45 <h2>API documentation</h2>
47 <p>The API-documentation for extensions that require some programming
48 is available under <a href="API/index.html"><code>API/index.html</code></a>.