From: Sean Whitton Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:17:42 -0700 Subject: drop installation instructions Forwarded: not-needed --- manual/ebib.text | 16 ---------------- 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-) --- a/manual/ebib.text +++ b/manual/ebib.text @@ -6,21 +6,7 @@ Ebib is a program with which you can man It should be noted that Ebib is *not* a minor or major mode for editing `.bib` files. It is a program in itself, which just happens to make use of Emacs as a working environment, in the same way that for example Gnus is. -# Installation # - -## Package manager ## {.unlisted .unnumbered} - -The easiest way to install Ebib is to get it from the [Melpa package archive](http://melpa.org/). This also installs the Info file so you can access the Ebib manual within Emacs. - -## Manual installation ## {.unlisted .unnumbered} - -It's also possible to install Ebib manually. If you prefer this method, then you probably know what you're doing, so detailed instructions are omitted here. Just be sure to also install the [parsebib](https://github.com/joostkremers/parsebib) package, which Ebib depends on. - -## News ## {.unlisted .unnumbered} - -New features and (possibly breaking) changes to existing features are announced in the [NEWS](NEWS.html) file. - -## Starting Ebib ## {.unlisted .unnumbered} +# Getting Started # Once installed, Ebib can be started with [`M-x ebib`]{.key}. This command is also used to return to Ebib when you have put the program in the background. To bind this command globally to e.g., [`C-c e`]{.key}, put something like the following in Emacs' init file: @@ -32,12 +18,9 @@ Ebib can also be called from an Eshell c starts Ebib and loads the file `references.bib`. - -# Getting Started # - A BibTeX database is somewhat of a free-form database. A BibTeX entry consists of a set of field-value pairs and each entry is known by a unique key. The way that Ebib navigates this database is by having two windows, one that contains a list of all the entries in the database, and one that contains the fields and values of the currently highlighted entry. -When Ebib is started (with [`M-x ebib`]{.key}), the current windows in Emacs are hidden and the Emacs frame is divided into two windows. The top one contains a buffer that is called the *index buffer*, while the lower window shows the *entry buffer*. When a database is loaded, the index buffer holds a list of all the keys in the database plus some additional information for each entry: the author or editor, its year of publication, and the title. +When Ebib is started, the current windows in Emacs are hidden and the Emacs frame is divided into two windows. The top one contains a buffer that is called the *index buffer*, while the lower window shows the *entry buffer*. When a database is loaded, the index buffer holds a list of all the keys in the database plus some additional information for each entry: the author or editor, its year of publication, and the title. Ebib has a menu through which all of its functionality can be accessed. Most functions are also bound to keys, but especially some of the lesser used ones can (by default) only be accessed through the menu.