.TH "EndNote2bib" 1 "Mon Dec 7 2015" "Version 2015-12-07" "r2bib" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
EndNote2bib \- convert EndNote input files to bibtex \&.bib files
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.SH "SYNOPSIS "
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\fIEndNote2bib\fP [-q] ''file'' \&.\&.\&.
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\fIEndNote2bib\fP [-h]
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.SH "OPTIONS "
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-q supress complains on unsupported EndNote tags on stderr
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-h print a usage summary and exits
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.SH "DESCRIPTION "
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\fIEndNote2bib\fP reads the ''files'' and produces a \fIbibtex\fP reference list (a \&.bib file) on the standard output\&. If no files are given, \fIEndNote2bib\fP reads standard input\&.
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Since EndNote offers a LaTeX export style, use of this program makes only much sense if one wishes to handle EndNote bibliographies but does not have access to an EndNote installation\&.
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Since EndNote files are inherently unstructured (compared to \fIbibtex\fP) \fIEndNote2bib\fP only does a passable job\&. In particular EndNote doesn't require a keyword, while \fIbibtex\fP does\&. The heuristic that \fIEndNote2bib\fP uses for cooking up a keyword, in order of precedence, is:
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.IP "\(bu" 2
Use the Label (%F) if it's only one word\&.
.IP "\(bu" 2
Use the Call Number (%L) if it's only one word\&.
.IP "\(bu" 2
Use the Keyword entry (%K) if it's only one word\&.
.IP "\(bu" 2
Otherwise just use the string 'keyN' where N is the count of this bibliographic entry in the EndNote file(s)\&.
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There is no check that the BibTeX labels generated that way are all different\&.
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To determine the type of reference that the EndNote entry is, \fIEndNote2bib\fP has to do some 'calculated guessing\&.' The heuristic used here (again, in order of precedence) is:
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.IP "\(bu" 2
If it has one of the following Referenc Types (%0), it is interpreted according to the table
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Book @book
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Manuscript @manual
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In Proceedings @inproceedings
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Conference Proceedings @proceedings
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Report @techreport
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Journal Article @article
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Book Section @inbook
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Edited Book @book
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Newspaper Article @article
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Thesis @phdthesis
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Personal Communication @unpublished
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Generic @misc
.IP "\(bu" 2
If it has a journal entry (%J) then it's considered to be an @article\&.
.IP "\(bu" 2
If it has a Secondary Title entry (%B) then it's considered to be an @inbook\&.
.IP "\(bu" 2
If it has a report entry (%R) then it's considered to be a @techreport\&.
.IP "\(bu" 2
If it has a issuer entry (%I) then it's considered to be a @book\&.
.IP "\(bu" 2
Otherwise it's considered to be a @misc\&.
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Quite often \fIEndNote2bib\fP will misguess and you will need to edit (by hand) the resulting \&.bib file\&.
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Any fields that \fIEndNote2bib\fP doesn't know about it will ignore (and complain about it on stderr unless the -q option has been used)\&.
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The main difference between \fIr2bib\fP and \fIEndNote2bib\fP is that \fIEndNote2bib\fP recognizes more tags that have been introduced in the EndNote document system\&. For a description see the source code in the file EndNote2bib\&.c\&.
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.SH "EXAMPLES "
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EndNote2bib -q endnfile1 endnfile2 > bibtfile\&.bib
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.SH "SEE ALSO "
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dos2unix(1) dosToTex(1) fold(1) bibtex(1) r2bib(1)
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.SH "AUTHOR "
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Richard J\&. Mathar, based on r2bib\&.c coded by Rusty Wright