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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#overview"/>
<link type="next" xref="install"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Rudra Banerjee</name>
      <email>rudra.banerjee@aol.co.uk</email>
      <years>2013</years>
    </credit>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
    <desc><app>mkBiB</app>'s Interface</desc>
  </info>
  
  <title><app>mkBiB</app> Interface</title>
  <p><app>mkBiB</app> is an editor and viewer of <app>BiBTeX</app> file. The left hand pane is the main editor, and the right hand pane is the main viewer.</p>
    <section id="left_pane">
      <title>Left Pane</title>
      <p> 
	This Left Pane is the main editing area of <app>mkBiB</app>
      </p>
      <media type="image" src="images/left_pane.png" width="240"/>
      <section id="menu_bar">
	<title><gui style="menuitem">Menu Bar</gui></title>
	<p>
	  <gui style="group">Menu Bar</gui> contains standard <gui style="menu">File</gui>, <gui style="menu">Edit</gui> and <gui style="menu">Help</gui>.
	</p>
	<p>
	  <gui style="menuitem">File</gui> and <gui style="menuitem">Help</gui> contains traditional <gui style="menuitem">New</gui> , <gui style="menuitem">Open</gui>, <gui style="menuitem">Save</gui>, <gui style="menuitem">Save As</gui> and <gui style="menuitem">About</gui> and <gui style="menuitem">Help</gui> item with their traditional keyboard-shortcuts as listed <code xref="keyboard-shortcuts">here</code>.
	</p>
      </section>
      <section id="entry_bar">
	<title>Entries</title>
	<p>This part is used to create a single bibtex entry giving its value one by one. When finished, press <gui style="button">Create</gui> button to create a single bibtex entry.</p>
	<note style="tip">
	  <p>
	    An entry can be generated using <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>E</key></keyseq> or <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Edit</gui></guiseq> which will open a empty editor to input a complete entry.
	  </p>
	  </note>
      </section>
    </section>
    <section id="right_pane">
      <title>Right Pane</title>
      <p>Right Pane the viewer of the <gui>BiBTeX</gui> and the inline editor of visible columns.</p>
      <media type="image" src="images/right_pane.png" width="240"/>
    </section>
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