mbib installation

mbib installation

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Hello all,
I am new on this list, trying these days to learn about context and
considering switching from laTex to context.
I have downloaded and unzipped the mbib package but not found *any*
installation instructions, only some files plus a very brief README. So
can anyone tell me what should I do with those.
my TeX installation is teTeX
TIA,
-- 
Jean Magnan de Bornier
3 Cours Victor Hugo, 13980 Alleins   France
Tel: 04 90 59 33 94    Port: 06 09 17 35 87
mèl: jm.bornier*at*free.fr

Re: mbib installation

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi,

Short answer:
	
Leave them in the directory where your input files are.


Long answer:

The 'logical' place for the .TEX files would be 

	<temf-root>/tex/context/user

And for the .BST files:

	<temf-root>/bibtex/bst/context

Both directories would need to be created if they do not exist.

<texmf-root> is a variable. You could use the main tree (/usr/share/texmf) 
assuming you are root on your machine, or (better)  the 'local tree'  
(probably  /usr/share/texmf-local), or even a private tree under  your home 
directory ($HOME/texmf, handy if you have no rights on the machine).

After copying, you need to execute "mktexlsr" to make sure that
the search database is updated.


Greetings, Taco


However,

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:45:25 +0200, Jean wrote:

> Hello all,
> I am new on this list, trying these days to learn about context and
> considering switching from laTex to context.
> I have downloaded and unzipped the mbib package but not found *any*
> installation instructions, only some files plus a very brief README. So
> can anyone tell me what should I do with those.
> my TeX installation is teTeX
> TIA,
> -- 
> Jean Magnan de Bornier
> 3 Cours Victor Hugo, 13980 Alleins   France
> Tel: 04 90 59 33 94    Port: 06 09 17 35 87
> mèl: jm.bornier*at*free.fr
> _______________________________________________
> ntg-context mailing list
> ntg-context@ntg.nl
> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context


-- 
groeten,

Taco

mbib question

[Bernd Militzer]

Hi Taco,

in which file can I change
editor to Herausgeber
page to Seite
and to und
...

Thanks for help

Bernd

Re: mbib installation

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Le 06/14/04 Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com> a écrit notamment:

> Hi,
>
> Short answer:
> 	
> Leave them in the directory where your input files are.
>
>
> Long answer:
>
> The 'logical' place for the .TEX files would be 
>
> 	<temf-root>/tex/context/user
>
> And for the .BST files:
>
> 	<temf-root>/bibtex/bst/context
>
> Both directories would need to be created if they do not exist.
>
> <texmf-root> is a variable. You could use the main tree (/usr/share/texmf) 
> assuming you are root on your machine, or (better)  the 'local tree'  
> (probably  /usr/share/texmf-local), or even a private tree under  your home 
> directory ($HOME/texmf, handy if you have no rights on the machine).
>
> After copying, you need to execute "mktexlsr" to make sure that
> the search database is updated.
>
>

[...]


>
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:45:25 +0200, Jean wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I am new on this list, trying these days to learn about context and
>> considering switching from laTex to context.
>> I have downloaded and unzipped the mbib package but not found *any*
>> installation instructions, only some files plus a very brief README. So
>> can anyone tell me what should I do with those.
>> my TeX installation is teTeX


[...]

Thanks Taco, that's actually quite *logical* for a latex user, I wasn't
sure it was in a context context ;)
cheers,
-- 
Jean Magnan de Bornier
3 Cours Victor Hugo, 13980 Alleins   France
Tel: 04 90 59 33 94    Port: 06 09 17 35 87
mèl: jm.bornier*at*free.fr

Re: m-bib question (language dependant string values)

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi Bernd,

For now: you can change these in bibl-apa.tex or bibl-aps.tex, you should 
choose  the one you actually use (probably bibl-apa). 

Dont' forget to make copies first!

For Hans:

Hans, what is the clean solution to this problem? bibl-XXX.tex files use
pieces of typesetting code along the lines of:

	\insertpages{page }{. }{. }% #1=before. #2=after, #3=notfound

where the arguments (like "page ") are literal text to be typeset. Using
the \interfaced command wouldn't work (because of embedded spaces
and commas and such). 

So, should I be using \labeltext one way or  another? 

	\setuplabeltext [en] [pagebefore={page }] % etc ...

The downside of that is: it will need a lot of interface constant definitions
("pagebefore","pageafter","pagenotfound",'titlebefore' ...). Can you
advise me?

Greetings, Taco

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:19:21 +0200, Bernd wrote:

> Hi Taco,
> 
> in which file can I change
> editor to Herausgeber
> page to Seite
> and to und
> ...
> 
> Thanks for help
> 
> Bernd
> 
> _______________________________________________
> ntg-context mailing list
> ntg-context@ntg.nl
> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context


-- 
groeten,

Taco

Re: m-bib question (language dependant string values)

[Christopher Creutzig]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> where the arguments (like "page ") are literal text to be typeset. Using
> the \interfaced command wouldn't work (because of embedded spaces
> and commas and such). 

  From the comments in mult-ini.tex, it seems the command was never 
meant for this purpose.

> So, should I be using \labeltext one way or  another? 
> 
> 	\setuplabeltext [en] [pagebefore={page }] % etc ...

  Personally, I'd even suggest bibpagebefore.  You could provide 
\setupbiblabels to give shorter names for users to tweak.

> The downside of that is: it will need a lot of interface constant definitions
> ("pagebefore","pageafter","pagenotfound",'titlebefore' ...). Can you
> advise me?

  There is also \assigntranslation, is that better?

regards,
	Christopher