BARRACUDA

A graphical interface to BibTeX

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Short Help

Barracuda is used to edit BibTeX files, BibTeX is a format for displaying references in TeX. Barracuda is mostly self explanatory and easy to use. The most important display is the main display with the list of all present references.

In the Edit menu there are functions for editing, inserting and deleting references. Click on a reference to highlight it. The buttons below the table to the left are used for (in order) go to the top of the list, go back one item, insert a new reference, go forward one item and go to the bottom of the list. The middle buttons are used to switch between the normal database and the search database. The buttons to the right are used to find strings in the list. Their meaning is (in order) search for current string backward, enter search string, search for current string forward.

To get more help scroll downwards in this document.


The Main Display

The main display shows all current references. To highlight a reference simply click on it with the mouse. To edit a reference simply double click with left mouse button on it.

To resize a column drag the column separator in the titlebar. A double click the left mouse button on the same separator will auto-resize that column. A separator always refers to the column on its left.

To move a column's position simply left click and drag on it's title. A triangle will show where the column will be inserted.

A right click in the column title and the user will be presented with three options - 'Auto width', 'Font' and 'Hide' for that column.

Auto width - this will set the column width to the size of the longest field.

Font - this will present this dialog in which the user can change the font for the column.

Picture of the font dialog

It contains a menu 'Family' for changing the font family and a menu 'Point size' for fast changes in size.

A 'Family' field in which the current font family is presented and a 'Point size' field in which the current point size is presented. There is a scrollbar for changing the point size.

There are three radiobuttons which will add some attributes to the fonts:
'Italic' - will set the font to italic
'Underline' - will underline the font
'StrikeOut' - will strike out the font

There are five radiobuttons which will define who thick the characters should be, from 'Light' (the thinnest) to 'Black' (the thickest).

The actual font presents which the current font and its attribut.

Default value for font and point size is: Helvetic and 1 (if something inappropriate should be type in these fields).

Hide - this will hide the column.


Menu Descriptions

File -> New

File -> Open -> Database file

File -> Open -> Macro file

File -> Save

File -> Save As...

File -> Save Macros...

File -> Print...

File -> Exit

Edit -> Insert Record

Edit -> Delete Record

Edit -> Edit Record

Edit -> Edit Macros

Option -> Preferences...

Option -> Keybindings...

Option -> View Types...

Option -> Save Options

Tools -> Search

Tools -> Simple Search

Tools -> Sort


Button Descriptions


Advanced Features

Specifying options in the .barracuda file

Power documentation


About the authors

Barracuda was made as part of the course 'Programutvecklingsprojekt' at KTH, Stockholm. All authors are full time students at KTH.


Barracuda 1.0, Copyright (C) 1997 Magnus Christensson, Stefan Cronert, Stefan Hellkvist, Magnus Ljung.

Barracuda comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For detailes see COPYING.