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.TH JABREF 1 "March 16, 2008"
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.SH NAME
jabref \- graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B jabref [options] [bibtex\-file]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBjabref\fP is a graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases, the
standard LaTeX bibliography reference format. JabRef is build to be
platform independent (requires Java 1.5 or newer). It merges and extends
the functionalities of BibKeeper (Morten O. Alver) and JBibtexManager
(Nizar Batada)
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=<STRING>
Output or export file: filename[,export format]
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-primp\fR=<STRING>
Import preferences from file
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-fetch\fR=<STRING>
Run Fetcher, e.g. "\-\-fetch=Medline:cancer"
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-nogui\fR=<BOOLEAN>
No GUI. Only process command line options.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-aux\fR=<STRING>
Subdatabase from aux: file[.aux],new[.bib]
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR=<BOOLEAN>
Display help on command line options
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-blank\fR=<BOOLEAN>
Do not open any files at startup
.TP
\fB\-\-importToOpen\fR=<STRING>
Import to open tab
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-import\fR=<STRING>
Import file: filename[,import format]
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-nosplash\fR=<BOOLEAN>
Do not show splash window at startup
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-prexp\fR=<STRING>
Export preferences to file
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR=<BOOLEAN>
Display version
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-loads\fR=<BOOLEAN>
Load session
.SH JAVA-WRAPPERS NOTE
This program is a shell script wrapper based on
.BR java-wrappers (7).
You therefore benefit from several features; please see the 
.BR java-wrappers (7)
manual page for more information about them.
.SH SEE ALSO
the included help
.br
http://jabref.sourceforge.net/
.br
.BR java-wrappers (7)
.SH AUTHOR
jabref was written by Morten O. Alver and Nizar Batada.
.PP
This manual page was written by gregor herrmann <gregor+debian@comodo.priv.at>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).