PocketBib for BibTeX, BibDesk and JabRef 1.1.3
Device: iOS Universal
Category: Productivity
Price: $4.99, Version: 1.1.2 -> 1.1.3 (iTunes)
Description:PocketBib is a BibTeX library reader for academics on the go. With PocketBib you can search, browse and read the papers in your BibTeX library, and synchronise them over Dropbox with BibDesk or JabRef on your computer. You can even annotate your papers in another app, then re-import them to PocketBib and your annotated paper will be uploaded to Dropbox!PocketBib features:* Parsing BibTeX libraries, including understanding TeX character accents. “Döring” is displayed correctly, not as “D{\"o}ring”. TeX math-mode isn't supported, so $^{85}$Rb will be rendered as just that. If you see something you think isn’t displayed correctly, please let me know.* Sync your libraries using Dropbox, or add them to your device directly through iTunes.* Support for BibDesk smart and static, and JabRef static groups. JabRef smart groups will be supported in the future.* Tap to download and view linked PDF files. The PDF files must be linked in BibDesk / JabRef.* Automatically sync all linked files. Just go to settings and select ‘All Linked Files’ in ‘Local Storage’. The default is to keep a 200Mb cache of the most recently used files.* Search for entries by title, author, abstract, etc.* Although annotating files is not supported, and ‘unflattened’ annotations cannot be viewed, you can send a PDF to another application, make your annotations and then send it back to PocketBib. PocketBib will then offer to upload the new file to Dropbox, replacing the original.* You can email BibTeX entries with the paper attached.* Multiple group selection on the iPad: tap and hold on a group to engage multiple select mode and the articles list will display only the articles in all of the groups.* It's fast! PocketBib has been tested on libraries with thousands of papers.User reviews:----------------“Great mobile addition to BibDesk! This is the app I was waiting for! Combined with Bibdesk on Mac and Dropbox, it turns the iPad into the perfect reference library.”“Finally, an app for the Bibtex + Dropbox -> iPad academic workflow! I've been looking for an app for reading academic papers for months now ever since I bought my iPad, but amazingly nothing existed for browsing a directory of pdfs + a bibtex file until now. ”“It is flawless! Works like a charm.”
What's New
Version 1.1.3--------------------* You can now send any file type to PocketBib, not just PDF files.* Better support for uploading large files.* Fixes for articles with multiple linked files.* Better handling of paths containing '..'* Fixes to displayed BibTeX warnings* Bug fixesVersion 1.1.2---------------------* Better support for Shift-JIS, MacRoman and other encodings* Support for languages like Japanese and Chinese where names should be displayed as "Lastname Firstname".* Search behaviour improvements* Articles can now be sorted by cite key* Support for Unicode Byte Order Markers* Undefined BibTeX macros are now expanded as their name, rather than nothing.* BibTeX warnings are better linked with their corresponding entries* Cross-referencing entries now appear correctly in Smart Groups.* Improved handling of linked files listed in the "local-url" field.Version 1.1.1--------------------* Multiple groups can now be selected on the iPad (tap and hold), the intersection of the content of those groups is displayed.* Search bar now more prominent on iPad.* BibLaTeX 'date' field is now understood as publication date. This information is now used when sorting by 'year published'.* JabRef 'timestamp' field is understood as the date the article was added to the library.* Fix bug where files deleted from Dropbox could be considered to still exist.* Raw BibTeX view now sorts the entry keys in the list (after a subset of common fields).* The 'date-added' and 'date-modified' fields are now displayed in the Raw BibTeX view.* Bug fixesVersion 1.1----------------* Article details can now be viewed directly from the article list on the iPad.* Previous downloads of linked files will now be displayed immediately instead of displaying the 'downloading' screen while PocketBib is checking for an update. PocketBib now checks for updates in the background and offers to display them if found.* The BibTeX cite key can now be copied from the BibTeX detail view. Just tap and hold the cite key until the 'copy' balloon appears.* Preserve newlines in abstract and annotation fields.* Improve handling of JabRef databases with a base folder specified to the linked files.* The BibTeX details of an entry causing a parser warning can now be viewed by tapping the warning* Improved incremental search.* Bug fixes.
PocketBib for BibTeX, BibDesk and JabRef