Re: bibtex problems

From: Fernan Aguero <fernan.aguero@gmail.com>
To: Tom <Tom@tuxedo-press.com>
Cc: ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: bibtex problems
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:37:18 -0300	[thread overview]
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Tom <Tom@tuxedo-press.com> wrote:
> Here's where I'm at:
>
> 1. I Loaded bibdemo.tex on my machine and ran it. The output looked good.
> 2. I Interspersed the commands from bibdemo into my document at what I
> thought were the proper places. That created a bibliography of one item--the
> one in xampl.
> 3. I want to create my own database of references to be used in my
> documents, but have a couple of questions:

Tom,

I have more experience with LaTeX than with ConTeXt as related to
bibliographies, so take my answers with the usual grain of salt :)

> Q1. Do I create my database by creating MyReferences.tex with my text
> editor?

You can certainly use a text editor.  I personally use Jabref (a Java
GUI application, check http://jabref.sf.net), as it simplifies my life
quite a bit (fills in records from online databases such as PubMed,
CiteSeer, etc. so I don't have to type at all!)

I'm used to name the bibtex bibliography files ending in .bib, as that
is what the LaTeX packages would expect ... don't know  about ConTeXt,
but in this thread and in the wiki, someone mentioned using the
xampl.bib file that comes with the texlive distribution ... so
probably ConTeXt will use it without asking.

> Q2. Is MyReferences.bbl supposed to be created by \setupbibtex when it
> appears in a document?

At least in LaTeX, the .bbl file is generated after processing the
\cite commands within the main .tex file.

> Q3. I am confused by the \cite[article-full] command in the example. I
> thought the specific publication to be cited would be reference by key or
> some other unique identifier and have no idea how article-full identifies
> the publication to be cited.

'article-full' _is_ the key or unique identifier for the corresponding
article in the xampl.bib file. In my texlive distribution (Ubuntu) it
is located in /usr/share/texmf-texlive/bibtex/bib/base/xampl.bib

This is the corresponding entry:

@ARTICLE{article-full,
   author = {L[eslie] A. Aamport},
   title = {The Gnats and Gnus Document Preparation System},
   journal = {\mbox{G-Animal's} Journal},
   year = 1986,
   volume = 41,
   number = 7,
   pages = "73+",
   month = jul,
   note = "This is a full ARTICLE entry",
}

At your unix shell prompt, typing 'locate xampl.bib' would probably
reveal the location in your system.

> I didn't used to be this stupid, but the decades have taken a toll.
> Tom Benjey

Don't worry we're here to help!

-- 
fernan
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