I downloaded MLA Autogenerator and it makes creating MLA-style bibliographies easy, but it only runs on Windows. I tried running it in Linux but got no output when I pressed "Generate".

Is there a similar program for Linux?

I have looked everywhere I can think of.

Oh, this is what you are going on about:

http://www.mla.org/

You are not making this easy...


As for the SourceForge site, they say that it is for "X11" applications as well, but looking through the source it looks like what they mean by that is that it will (should?) build with Kylix.

Of course if you don't have Kylix (you can get it for free), or aren't particularily adept at compiling your own stuff, then I would recommend asking the developers if they would be so kind as to create a linux build (doesn't hurt to ask).


Better yet, go here:


http://www.nzwebz.com/wikindx/


Freshmeat link, has a screenshot (click on the small picture):

http://freshmeat.net/projects/wikind...ease_id=154269


John

I don't know how I made it difficult. I just wanted to know if there was a program for Linux that does the same thing. There usually is and it's better than the Windows program.

I will try Kylix and see if I can compile it.

Thank you so much for your help.

Have a good day,
Ted.

Man, Kylix is 92 megs. I just want an easy way for my girlfriend to do MLA work cited pages for school. I guess I'll just boot into Winows every time we need to do that.

Thanks,
Ted.

Well, first off, some of us unwashed oldtimers have no idea as to what a MLA is. But that's probably because I stopped paying attention in the third grade...

I would feel even dumber, except that nobody else around here seemed to know what it was either.


Yeah, Kylix would be a wad to download, but from time-to-time it gets offered as part of a "Linux Format" disk. And again, if you weren't well versed in Kylix then it would certainly come to tears.

You could ask the developers to do a build for you, these guys thrive on feedback and might come through for you (other developers have done this for me in the past. YMMV).

These guys shouldn't even list it as working on a X11 platform without providing something that you can build (and having to download Kylix to build it doesn't count). So it's basically a Windows app.

Did you give the alternative a glance? Looked really good, but what do I know? I just found out what a MLA was yesterday.

Good luck in any case.


John

Oh, and you could look into Wine or Bochs (both free) which are apps that you can run Windows programs on. I personally prefer Win4Lin, but that's a commercial app, and I don't know if the program would run on it (should...)

I guess since my girlfriend is in college and I just graduated I just ASSumed most people would know what MLA is. I don't know what it stands for but teachers are always harping that they want papers in MLA format. I'll never understand why college classes want to fill your head with useless crud you'll never use again in life.

Thanks for the help. I used Wine to run the program but it doesn't work. The program will run but it produces no output.

I'll write to the developers and see what I can do.

Have a good day,
Ted.

Fame at last!

Thanks for the advert!

For those not in the know, MLA stands for Modern Language Association and the MLA style is merely one of thousands of bibliographic and citation styles available although, admittedly, it is one of the better known ones.

And yes, WIKINDX will certainly and freely convert between different bibliographic styles in addition to a number of other useful tasks. Additionally, you're not tied to WIndows either.

Ha! Anytime. Good looking program.

I know it now

I'll pass this on to my sister (the professor), she could probably use it (getting her on linux would of course be the first step).

Details, details...


John

it'll run off windows too.

Wow, nice program. I knew Linux would have a way to do it.

Thank you very much.

Have a good day.

Ted.

Yes there is it is called ScholarWord. You can google it.