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		<title>Yahoo Mail and free IMAP</title>
		<link>http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2009/08/26/yahoo-mail-and-free-imap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


If you are using yahoo mail, like me, then you missed for a long time IMAP access for your inbox. They provide just POP3 access and  I don&#8217;t want that. I would like to have/access the messages also via web interface and also to have them on my computer for offline access. So, the solution [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are using yahoo mail, like me, then you missed for a long time IMAP access for your inbox. They provide just POP3 access and  I don&#8217;t want that. I would like to have/access the messages also via web interface and also to have them on my computer for offline access. So, the solution is <a href="http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html">Zimbra Desktop</a> and you can use it on Windows, Linux or Mac.</p>
<p>&#8220;Zimbra software is open source, meaning we make both the software code and the application itself available to anyone at no charge. Also, Zimbra Desktop is a full version; there are no missing features or catches&#8221;</p>
<p>For a complete list of features see this link: <a href="http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop_features.html">http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop_features.html</a></p>
<p>If you have any issue with it you can find the answer on their <a href="http://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Zimbra_Desktop">wiki</a>.</p>
<p>Here is just a screenshot:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-401" title="zimbra_desktop" src="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/zimbra_desktop-300x193.png" alt="zimbra_desktop" width="300" height="193" /></p>
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		<title>Truecrypt and ext2ifs on Vista</title>
		<link>http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2009/03/27/truecrypt-and-ext2ifs-on-vista/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cryptography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I built my USB Memory Stick Companion I could not mount the encrypted volume with Truecrypt on Vista, every time I got a &#8220;nice&#8221; blue screen. So, after some search on google I found that the problem is a compatibility issue between  Truecrypt and Ext2ifs, but a simple update for Ext2ifs to the latest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I built my <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2009/03/26/my-usb-memory-stick-companion/">USB Memory Stick Companion</a> I could not mount the encrypted volume with Truecrypt on Vista, every time I got a &#8220;nice&#8221; blue screen. So, after some search on google I found that the problem is a compatibility issue between  Truecrypt and <a href="http://www.fs-driver.org/">Ext2ifs</a>, but a simple update for Ext2ifs to the latest version (1.11a), solved the problem.</p>
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		<title>Acronis 10 Personal for FREE</title>
		<link>http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2009/02/06/acronis-10-personal-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acronis is giving away for download copies  of Acronis True Image 10 Personal Edition because a new version is out. That means you  get whole disk image backups from a friendly interface. You may use free utility to clone your hard drive but it may not have many features as compared to paid hard drive [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Acronis is giving away for download copies  of Acronis True Image 10 Personal Edition because a new version is out. That means you  get whole disk image backups from a friendly interface. You may use free utility to clone your hard drive but it may not have many features as compared to paid hard drive cloning utility like Acronis True Image which is a commercial disk cloning utility and costs around $50 per license.  Download Acronis True Image 10 Personal Edition for Free with Serial Key:</p>
<ol>
<li>Go acronis.co.uk website  (http://www.acronis.co.uk/mag/ati10pe)</li>
<li>Fill up the form by entering your name and email address</li>
<li>You will receive an email, so, click on Confirmation Link in your inbox</li>
</ol>
<p>Once you have confirmed your email, you will receive a serial number of Acronis True Image 10 Personal Edition in your inbox and you can download the software from your account on Acronis website.</p>
<p>Now, you have a good piece of software <img src='http://www.vioan.ro/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Using LaTeX in Scribus for posters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am using LaTeX and beamer class to make presentations and posters. A short introduction to start with latex is available. Sometimes I am using LaTeX just to produce eps/pdf text boxes and after that Scribus for poster layout. In the last development version of Scribus, which is 1.3.5svn, there is possible to use latex [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am using <a href="http://www.latex-project.org/">LaTeX</a> and <a href="http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/">beamer</a> class to make presentations and posters. A short introduction to start with latex is <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2008/10/10/starting-with-latexpdftex-a-small-template/">available</a>. Sometimes I am using LaTeX just to produce eps/pdf text boxes and after that <a href="http://www.scribus.net/">Scribus</a> for poster layout. In the last development version of Scribus, which is 1.3.5svn, there is possible to use latex source/expressions directly in document, so is not necessary anymore the aditional step to create eps/pdf text boxes.</p>
<p>For <a href="http://www.opensuse.org/">OpenSUSE</a> there is the last version here:<br />
<a href="http://software.opensuse.org/ymp/home:mrdocs/openSUSE_11.0/scribus.ymp">http://software.opensuse.org/ymp/home:mrdocs/openSUSE_11.0/scribus.ymp</a></p>
<p>but I don&#8217;t want to replace 1.3.3.12 stable version, so I will install the latest development version in my home directory</p>
<p><strong>Warning</strong>: The documents saved in 1.3.5 will not be back compatible with the other versions, more here: <a href="http://scribus.info/svn/Scribus/trunk/Scribus/README">http://scribus.info/svn/Scribus/trunk/Scribus/README</a></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s install the last development of Scribus (it is very stable for what I need, I didn&#8217;t have any problems with it):</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="bash" style="font-family:monospace;">$ <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold;">mkdir</span> ~<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>aplic<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>scribus_135
$ <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold;">mkdir</span> ~<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>tempsrc
$ <span style="color: #7a0874; font-weight: bold;">cd</span> ~<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>tempsrc
$ <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold;">svn</span> <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold;">co</span> <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold;">svn</span>:<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">//</span>scribus.info<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>Scribus<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>trunk<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>Scribus
$ <span style="color: #7a0874; font-weight: bold;">cd</span> Scribus
$ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:<span style="color: #007800;">PATH</span>=~<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>aplic<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>scribus_135</pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>I obtained an error during the compilation because I didn&#8217;t have &#8220;libqt4-devel&#8221; so:</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="bash" style="font-family:monospace;">$ <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold;">make</span>
$ <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold;">make</span> <span style="color: #c20cb9; font-weight: bold;">install</span>
$ ~<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>aplic<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>scribus_135<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>bin<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">/</span>scribus</pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>Here are two screenshots, the main window and scribus latex editor:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/scribus135_main.png"><img src="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/scribus135_main-300x283.png" alt="" title="scribus135_main" width="300" height="283" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-285" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/scribus136_latex_editor.png"><img src="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/scribus136_latex_editor-300x182.png" alt="" title="scribus136_latex_editor" width="300" height="182" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-286" /></a> </p>
<p>That&#8217;s all.</p>
<p><strong>References</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Building_SVN_versions_with_CMake">http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Building_SVN_versions_with_CMake</a></li>
<li><a href="http://scribus.info/svn/Scribus/trunk/Scribus/README">http://scribus.info/svn/Scribus/trunk/Scribus/README</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Working_with_latex_frames">http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Working_with_latex_frames</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Embedding_other_external_tools_into_a_TeX_frame">http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Embedding_other_external_tools_into_a_TeX_frame</a></li>
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		<title>OpenSource/Free Software for Windows</title>
		<link>http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2008/11/15/opensourcefree-software-for-windows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you saw already my previous post, and you realized that I am using maybe 90% free software also on my windows computers. So, I would like to point out just a few links with free or opensource software for windows:

Ultimate List of Free Windows XP Software from Microsoft
Ultimate List of Free Windows Vista Software [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you saw already <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2008/11/15/software-i-am-using/">my previous post</a>, and you realized that I am using maybe 90% free software also on my windows computers. So, I would like to point out just a few links with free or opensource software for windows:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1231.entry">Ultimate List of Free Windows XP Software from Microsoft</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1844.entry">Ultimate List of Free Windows Vista Software from Microsoft</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.opensourcewindows.org/">A simple list of the best free/open-source software for Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="http://osswin.sourceforge.net/">The OSSwin project: Open Source for Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/en/alphaindex.html">GNUWin II</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theopendisc.com/programs/">OpenDisc</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-cd/#softwareoncd">TTCS OSSWIN CD</a></li>
<li><a href="http://freshmeat.net/">Freshmeat.net</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/">Sourceforge.net</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://osscd.sunsite.dk/list.html">Open Source Software CD</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Do you want more? Check out our <a href="http://www.google.com">google</a> friend.</p>
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		<title>Software I am using &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you would like to see what software I am using on my desktop, laptop, workstation (Windows, Linux, Unix) in order to get my research/scientific work done, or if you want to know what software I am installing on my servers for customers, check this section of my website.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you would like to see what software I am using on my desktop, laptop, workstation (Windows, Linux, Unix) in order to get my research/scientific work done, or if you want to know what software I am installing on my servers for customers, check <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/otherstuff/">this section of my website</a>.</p>
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		<title>LaTeX useful Tips/Tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post I discussed a &#8220;small&#8221; but, I would say &#8220;complet&#8221; template to start your document. If you want to include also movies in your pdf documents, then this post can help you. If you need a good program for bibliographic management check this post.
Below I will post a lot of tips, tricks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2008/10/10/starting-with-latexpdftex-a-small-template/">previous post</a> I discussed a &#8220;small&#8221; but, I would say &#8220;complet&#8221; template to start your document. If you want to include also movies in your pdf documents, then <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2008/10/03/animations-in-pdf-using-latex/">this post</a> can help you. If you need a good program for bibliographic management check <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2008/10/04/personal-bibliographic-management-software/">this post</a>.</p>
<p>Below I will post a lot of tips, tricks and useful stuff which helps me when I am using LaTeX, for details check the documentation of coresponding package name, or Google .</p>
<p><strong>Customize your header and footer</strong></p>

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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="latex" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\pagestyle</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">fancy</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\lhead</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% \chead{}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\rhead</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\leftmark</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% \lfoot{}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% \cfoot{}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% \rfoot{}</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p><strong>More packages</strong></p>

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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="latex" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">latexsym</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% use \Box, \Join</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">setspace</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">subfigure</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% include subfigures</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">amsmath</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% equation</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% table of contents, list of figures</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">[</span><span style="color: #C08020; font-weight: normal;">titles,subfigure</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">]{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">tocloft</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> 
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<p><strong>Old Makefile which I used, you can modify it for your needs</strong></p>

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	latex poster.tex
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	bibtex poster
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ps:
	dvips poster.dvi -o poster.ps
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	ps2pdf a4.ps poster_a4.pdf
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<p><strong>Indexes and Glossaries</strong></p>

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<p>To index something, use the command:</p>

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<p>When the document has been processed through LaTeX, it will create a .idx file. You will then need to run the .idx file through the makeindex program:</p>

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<p>No file extension for the name. The program will look for the .idx file and will output a .ind file. This file is used by the command:</p>

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<p>Glossaries simply use the commands:</p>

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<p><strong>Include/Rotate/Reflect images</strong></p>

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<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% horizontally reflect a image</span>
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<p><strong>Complet environment with two images left-right</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Labeling sections in the document</strong></p>

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<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">label</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">sec:intro</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
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<p><strong>Adding external files to the document</strong></p>

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<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">label</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">sec:intro</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
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<p><strong>Math</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Type properties</strong></p>

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<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\sf</span> <span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% sans serif</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\sc</span> <span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% small caps</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\tt</span> <span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% typewriter</span>
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<p><strong>Lists</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Columns</strong></p>

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<span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\begin</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">tabular</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}{</span><span style="color: #E02020; "><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">|l|c|c|</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
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   <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 1,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row1,Col2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row1,Col3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
   <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">hline</span></span>
   <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 2,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row2,Col2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row2,Col3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
   <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\cline</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">2-3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
   <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 3,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row3,Col2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row3,Col3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
   <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">hline</span></span>
<span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\end</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">tabular</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">%</span>
<span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\begin</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">tabular</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}{</span><span style="color: #E02020; "><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">|l|c|c|</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
   <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">hline</span></span>
   <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 1,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row1,Col2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row1,Col3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
   <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">hline</span></span>
   <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 2,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\multicolumn</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">c</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row2,Col2-3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
   <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\cline</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">2-3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
   <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 3,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row3,Col2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row3,Col3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
   <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">hline</span></span>
<span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\end</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">tabular</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p><strong>Tables</strong></p>

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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="latex" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\protect</span>
   <span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\begin</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">table</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}[</span><span style="color: #C08020; font-weight: normal;">t</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">]</span>
      <span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% Table body</span>
      <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">caption</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Caption title. {<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\it</span> The caption text.</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}}</span>
      <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">label</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">tab:schema</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
   <span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\end</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">table</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">%</span>
<span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\protect</span>
   <span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\begin</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">table</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}[</span><span style="color: #C08020; font-weight: normal;">t</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">]</span>
      <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\centering</span>
      <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\footnotesize</span>
      <span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\begin</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">tabular</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}{</span><span style="color: #E02020; "><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">|l|c|c|</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
         <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">hline</span></span>
         <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 1,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row1,Col2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row1,Col3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
         <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">hline</span></span>
         <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 2,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row2,Col2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row2,Col3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
         <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\cline</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">2-3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
         <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row 3,Col1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row3,Col2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Row3,Col3</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span> <span style="color: #E02020; ">\\</span>
         <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">hline</span></span>
      <span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\end</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">tabular</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
      <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">caption</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Caption title. {<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\it</span> The caption text.</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}}</span>
      <span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">label</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">tab:schema</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
   <span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\end</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">table</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p><strong>References:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.latex-project.org/guides/">LaTeX Project WebSite</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX">LaTeX on Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/latex-makefile/">Latex Makefile by Google</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~beffara/soft/rubber/">Makefile: Rubber</a></li>
<li><a http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/catalogue.html">The TeX Catalogue Online has a very comprehensive list of all the LaTeX packages out there</a></li>
<li><a href="http://csgsa.cs.clemson.edu/seminar/tools06/docbook/html/tools06.html">Latex Tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="http://texblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/headerfooter-in-latex-with-fancyhdr/">Header and Footer in LaTeX &#8211; Explained</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.markschenk.com/tensegrity/latexexplanation.html">Latex Explained</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dataninja.wordpress.com/2005/12/21/installing-and-using-latex-packages/">Installing and Using LaTeX Packages</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.uoregon.edu/~noeckel/computernotes.html">Noeckel: Computer Notes (LaTeX and useful stuff)</a></li>
</ul>
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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
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% let's use some nice packages
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
% set all margins to 2.5 cm
\usepackage[margin=2.5cm]{geometry}
% for fancy and easy modification of header and footer
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
% include hyperlinks in pdf file
\usepackage{hyperref}
% decide if run PdfTeX or LaTeX
\ifx\pdfoutput\undefined
% we are running LaTeX, not pdflatex
\usepackage{graphicx}
\else
% we are running pdflatex, so convert .eps files to .pdf
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="latex" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">documentclass</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">[</span><span style="color: #C08020; font-weight: normal;">a4paper,12pt</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">]{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">article</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% let's use some nice packages</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">times</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">amssymb</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">amsmath</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% set all margins to 2.5 cm</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">[</span><span style="color: #C08020; font-weight: normal;">margin=2.5cm</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">]{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">geometry</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% for fancy and easy modification of header and footer</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">fancyhdr</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% include hyperlinks in pdf file</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">hyperref</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% decide if run PdfTeX or LaTeX</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\ifx</span><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\pdfoutput</span><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\undefined</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% we are running LaTeX, not pdflatex</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">graphicx</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\else</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% we are running pdflatex, so convert .eps files to .pdf</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">[</span><span style="color: #C08020; font-weight: normal;">pdftex</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">]{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">graphicx</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">epstopdf</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\fi</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% also include colors</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">color</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% define bottom line of paper, for DRAFT option</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">prelim2e</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\usepackage</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">[</span><span style="color: #C08020; font-weight: normal;">none,bottom</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">]{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">draftcopy</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\draftcopyName</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">preprint / </span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">1.2</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\renewcommand</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\PrelimWords</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}{</span>Draft<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">%</span>
 -- contact: user@mail.yoursite.com -- www.yoursite.com<span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% define a path for your images</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\graphicspath</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">{.</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>,<span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">../images/</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>,,<span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">../../images/</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">../../anotherdir/</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}}</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% define a new command</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\newcommand</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\mylab</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}[</span><span style="color: #C08020; font-weight: normal;">1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">]{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">label</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span>#1</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}}</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\title</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Your Title</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\author</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;">Your Name</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\date</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: bold;">today</span></span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\begin</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">document</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
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<span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\begin</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">abstract</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
body of abstract
<span style="color: #C00000; font-weight: normal;">\end</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #2020C0; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000D0; font-weight: normal;">abstract</span></span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
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<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\section</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #00008B; font-weight: bold;">Section Name</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
<span style="color: #800000; font-weight: normal;">\subsection</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">{</span><span style="color: #00008B; font-weight: bold;">Subsection Name</span><span style="color: #E02020; ">}</span>
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<span style="color: #2C922C; font-style: italic;">% include the bibliography but using bibtex</span>
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<p>Next step is to look at this <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX">nice book</a>. That&#8217;s all. Bye!</p>
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		<title>Installing Enthought Tool Suite (ETS) on OpenSUSE 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I tried to install Enthought Tool Suite on OpenSUSE 11, with the help of my old post. For the moment there are no packages for OpenSUSE. I had to checkout their repository and build the eggs, in order to install the suite. The mentioned tutorial worked but of course that I had some minor [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today, I tried to install Enthought Tool Suite on OpenSUSE 11, <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2008/06/11/installing-enthought-tool-suite-ets-on-opensuse-103/">with the help of my old post</a>. For the moment there are no packages for OpenSUSE. I had to checkout their repository and build the eggs, in order to install the suite. The mentioned tutorial worked but of course that I had some minor problems. Now, the last version is ETS_3.0.3 and during the build of Enable_3.0.2 a small surprise on the screen:<br />
<code><br />
kage<br />
caller_level = caller_level + 1)<br />
File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/distutils/misc_util.py", line 781, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py<br />
config = setup_module.configuration(*args)<br />
File "enthought/kiva/agg/setup.py", line 146, in configuration<br />
if int(gcc_version_head[2][0]) &lt; 4:<br />
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'L'<br />
</code><br />
The solution was:<br />
<code><br />
vim Enable_3.0.2/enthought/kiva/agg/setup.py<br />
</code><br />
comment the line 146 and 147, Run the build again and everything went smoothly.</p>
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		<title>Personal bibliographic management software</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ionut</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handling references and bibliographic information is an essential part     of all research. If you are writing just one article or just your diploma thesis maybe you don&#8217;t need to use this kind of software because you will not have a lot of references. BUT, if you are writing A LOT of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Handling references and bibliographic information is an essential part     of all research. If you are writing just one article or just your diploma thesis maybe you don&#8217;t need to use this kind of software because you will not have a lot of references. BUT, if you are writing A LOT of articles, reports, master/diploma/phd thesis then you definitevely will need a good software to manage your bibliographic database.</p>
<p>Here is how a bibliographic manager works. An author creates a document and cites his document with entries form a bibliographic database created earlier. After the author completed writing the paper he passes the document and the database through some application and the application incorporates all the references cited in the document from the database. This produces a final version of the document containing the text, graphics, etc. the author created along with the references he cited in a specific format.</p>
<p>I will not try here a comparison of free and non-free software available, just I would like to point some interesting links which I found when I started to use bibliographic management software. So here are the links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_management_software">Reference management software from Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software">A comparison of management software</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mahbub.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/comparison-of-free-bibliographic-managers/">Comparison of free bibliographic managers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fauskes.net/nb/bibtools/">Finding the right bibliographic/reference tool</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.burioni.it/forum/dellorso/bms-dasp/text/index.html">Bibliography Management Software with a Detailed Analysis of Some Packages</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~ccmjs/rmeval99.htm">Evaluation of Reference Management Software (comparing Papyrus with ProCite, Reference Manager, Endnote, Citation, GetARef, Biblioscape, Library Master, Bibliographica, Scribe, Refs</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I hope that the above links will be useful.</p>
<p>What do I prefer? I am using <a href="http://www.vioan.ro/wp/2008/10/03/animations-in-pdf-using-latex/">LaTeX</a> for everything (presentations, posters, reports, letters, &#8230; ) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BibTeX">BibTeX</a>, so I need something which can use plain bibtex file. I am searching and download references from <a href="http://isiknowledge.com/">ISI Web of Knowledge</a>. The naming convention for citation key (for the bib-keywords) which I am using (thanks to my supervisor for the suggestion) is the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>One author: First four letters AND last two digits of publication year (Prot08)</li>
<li>Two authors: First two letters of both authors AND last two digits of publication year (TePr05)</li>
<li>Three or four authors: First letter of each author AND last two digits of publication year (TRPS07)</li>
<li>More than four authors: First four letters of first author AND last two digits of publication year</li>
<li>If a key already exists: the next entries get a small letter behind the publication year, starting with b. (RoTe07b, RoTe07c)</li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;ve been using <a href="http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~fischer/kbibtex/">KBibTex</a> and <a href="http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=41050">KBib</a> for a while now since I use linux. For me it&#8217;s quite useful because it has a simple, no bloat GUI that does one thing &#8211; let&#8217;s you add and maintain references. The minor point here is that they are available just for linux/bsd. Now, I played in the last weeks with <a href="http://jabref.sourceforge.net/">Jabref</a> (it is writen in Java and it can run on every platform: bsd/linux/mac/win). I still didn&#8217;t find how to use it in order to search in <a href="http://isiknowledge.com/">ISI Web of Knowledge</a>, but I thing I will change to it anyway, to have the same software on all platforms.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all and good luck in managing your bibliographic database.</p>
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