Re: Bibliography help - some problems I have noticed

[Curiouslearn <curiouslearn@gmail.com>]

Thanks very much Taco. This is very helpful.

Regards,
Bharat

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Curiouslearn wrote:
>
>> (0)  Do I need bibltx for latex databases?
>
> No. These days, the ConTeXt core defines \newcommand so the bibltx
> module is obsolete.
>
>> (0.5) Using \type{\cite[author,year][BergstromBagnoli2005]} just returns
>> the key in the document
>
> This is caused by the \cite[author,year][] input. If the first argument
> of \cite[] has a comma, it is taken to be the list of references, and
> the second set of square brackets is just typeset text.
> Use \cite[authoryear][] or \cite[authoryears][].
>
>> (1) If the Key has a paranthesis, the \cite[Reference] gives empty
>> brackets.
>
> In this example, I do not know what is wrong, but adding an
> explicit first argument to \cite fixes it. It could be that the
> optional argument parser in ConTeXt gets confused by the ().
>
>> (2) If I use \cite[author][Reference] then I get a line break after
>> the opening paranthesis.
>
> This is a bug in current mkiv that was also mentioned in a thread last
> week. Should be fixed in this beta or one of the next ones.
>
> As a workaround, you can add
>
>  \usepublications[\jobname]
>
> just after the \usemodule[bib] line
>
>> (3) Also, note that I refer to only one paper of Daughety and
>> Reinganum in the minimal example below. However, because there are two
>> papers by them in my database, the References section lists the year
>> as (2000a) instead of just (2000). The bbl file generated contains all
>> the references in my database and not only the once I have cited.
>
> Adding
>
>  \def\maybeyear#1{}
>
> works around this. It is one of the few bibtex features that I have
> not found a good solution for. Otherwise, just remove the \setupbibtex
> command from the source and edit the bbl file by hand.
>
>> Should it not contain only the ones I have cited in the document.
>
> No, it always contains the entire database. That is why manuak editing
> is possible.
>
> Best wishes,
> Taco
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