KBib 0.5.3 review

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KBib is a BibTex management program for KDE (Similar to KBibTex). Features include import from RIS/ISI/Endnote files, export to En

License:	GPL (GNU General Public License)
File size:	979K
Developer:	Thach Nguyen

KBib is a BibTex management program for KDE (Similar to KBibTex).

Features include import from RIS/ISI/Endnote files, export to Endnote/RIS files, automatically generate citation keys, check and correct duplicated citation keys, check and remove duplicated references, cite references into Lyx/Kile.

Here are some key features of "KBib":
Add/edit/remove references
Support copy/paste/drag-drop of references (BibTex entries can be copied/pasted or dragged/dropped from another Kbib window or a text editor into KBib and vice versus)
Create new reference from plain text
Find/remove duplicated references
Generate citation key automatically
Check/correct duplicated citation keys
Lock/unlock citation keys (to prevent unwanted change of citation keys)
Sort references
Search references(fairly simple)
Cite selected references into Lyx/Kile (using Lyx pipe)
Support string macros
Import references from Bibtex/RIS/ISI/Endnote/COPAC/MODS XML/PubMed XML/Endnote exported Bibtex (without citation key) files
Export to RIS/Endnote/MODS XML/HTML files
Search references from Z39.50 servers, SRU servers and Pubmed server.
Download references from remote reference database (opened with Konqueror, Firefox), such as IEEEXplore, ScienceDirect (RIS format), Web of Science (ISI format) into KBib (seescreenshot)
Save selected references into a new file
Maintain a list of existing authors/journals/keywords in the current document
Support user defined reference types
Add/Delete/Edit reference types
Allow different view modes (view all/by reference type/selected references/unselected references)
Group references by various properties. References can be grouped by Reference type/Author/Editor/Journal/Keywords. Group view can be disabled.
Allow flexible displayed fields
Generate bibliography from selected references

What's New in This Release:
Added remote database searching. Z39.50, SRU and Pubmed databases can be searched.
Added dialog to create new reference from plain text.
Improved ISI importer.
Fixed crashing when opening some non-BibTex file directly.Fixed some minor bugs.

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