[NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Am 28.05.24 um 01:24 schrieb Kip Warner:
> Hello list,
> 
> I am using BibTeX under ConTeXt to typeset a publication. I noticed
> while building the publication ConTeXt raises the following non-fatal
> warning:
> 
>     ...
>     This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2023/Debian)
>     The top-level auxiliary file: Secret_Sauce.aux
>     The style file: cont-au.bst
>     Database file #1: ./References.bib
>     I was expecting a `{' or a `('---line 2 of file ./References.bib
>      :
>      : % See the file Copying for details on copying conditions.
>     (Error may have been on previous line)
>     I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry
>     (There was 1 error message)
>     publications    > loading formatting style from 'bibl-apa'
>     open source     > level 4, order 13, name
>     '/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/bib/mkii/bibl-apa.tex'
>     close source    > level 4, order 13, name
>     '/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/bib/mkii/bibl-apa.tex'
>     ...
> 
> All that's present on the first few lines of the References.bib BibTeX
> database are comments that begin with the '%' character.
> 
> Is there a different character that should be used for BibTeX databases
> when used with ConTeXt?

According to the documentation, everything outside of entries is 
considered a comment. Inside of entries, there can’t be comments.

Hraban

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