Re: [9fans] need feedback: bibTeX users?

[John Stalker <stalker@maths.tcd.ie>]

> Hello,
>
> Since I'm finishing the task I have undertaken---provide a complete core
> TeX system with MetaPost---, there is one piece that is a WEB program,
> hence needs to be translated, and that may be used: bibTeX.

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> So questions:
>
> 1) Are there people using it?

Yes, I use it all the time.

> 2) What version?

0.99d, although I don't think the version matters much.

> 3) Is there now a non WEB based implementation?---in this case I could
> simply forget about it.---

I don't think there is.

Bibtex is an ugly program, but MathSciNet gives references in BibTeX
format, and this is what journals demand, so I cut and paste.  It's
been about 7 years since I had a plan9 machine as my main machine
for work, and I probably won't go back to that, but if I did then a
working version of LaTeX+BibTeX would be a requirement.
--
John Stalker
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