From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Stalker To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: <20101213103917.GA1597@polynum.com> References: <20101213103917.GA1597@polynum.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1261.1292250758.1@kryten-en0.lany63.cz> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:32:55 +0000 Message-ID: <201012131432.aa36114@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Subject: Re: [9fans] need feedback: bibTeX users? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8c173476-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 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. ...skipping... > 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 School of Mathematics Trinity College Dublin tel +353 1 896 1983 fax +353 1 896 2282