* [NTG-context] BibTeX choking on comments in database
@ 2024-05-27 23:24 Kip Warner
2024-05-28 6:05 ` [NTG-context] " Henning Hraban Ramm
2024-05-28 23:00 ` Alan Braslau via ntg-context
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From: Kip Warner @ 2024-05-27 23:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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?
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* [NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database
2024-05-27 23:24 [NTG-context] BibTeX choking on comments in database Kip Warner
@ 2024-05-28 6:05 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2024-05-28 17:25 ` Kip Warner
2024-05-28 23:00 ` Alan Braslau via ntg-context
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From: Henning Hraban Ramm @ 2024-05-28 6:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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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* [NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database
2024-05-28 6:05 ` [NTG-context] " Henning Hraban Ramm
@ 2024-05-28 17:25 ` Kip Warner
2024-05-28 22:45 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Kip Warner @ 2024-05-28 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Tue, 2024-05-28 at 08:05 +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> According to the documentation, everything outside of entries is
> considered a comment. Inside of entries, there can’t be comments.
But in this case, is it not warning about text outside of an entry that
should be treated as a comment?
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* [NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database
2024-05-28 17:25 ` Kip Warner
@ 2024-05-28 22:45 ` Aditya Mahajan
2024-05-29 4:51 ` Kip Warner
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2024-05-28 22:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Tue, 28 May 2024, Kip Warner wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-05-28 at 08:05 +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> > According to the documentation, everything outside of entries is
> > considered a comment. Inside of entries, there can’t be comments.
>
> But in this case, is it not warning about text outside of an entry that
> should be treated as a comment?
Hard to say without looking at the bib file, but % is not a comment character in bibtex. So, if your file starts with
% @article{key,
% title = {...},
% }
you will get an error from the bib parser.
If you want to comment out an entry, the simplest way is to remove the @. So,
article{key,
title={...},
}
is a comment (since it is outside the entry).
Aditya
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* [NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database
2024-05-27 23:24 [NTG-context] BibTeX choking on comments in database Kip Warner
2024-05-28 6:05 ` [NTG-context] " Henning Hraban Ramm
@ 2024-05-28 23:00 ` Alan Braslau via ntg-context
2024-05-29 4:54 ` Kip Warner
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From: Alan Braslau via ntg-context @ 2024-05-28 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kip Warner; +Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users, Alan Braslau
On Mon, 27 May 2024 16:24:49 -0700
Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com> wrote:
> I am using BibTeX under ConTeXt to typeset a publication.
The Context publications reference subsystem reads BibTeX databases but
does not use BibTeX at all. I am not sure what your quoted statement
means exactly.
Alan
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* [NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database
2024-05-28 22:45 ` Aditya Mahajan
@ 2024-05-29 4:51 ` Kip Warner
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On Wed, 2024-05-29 at 00:45 +0200, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> Hard to say without looking at the bib file, but % is not a comment
> character in bibtex. So, if your file starts with
The first few lines of the file is just a copyright notice, with each
line beginning with %. If that's not an appropriate comment character,
is there any way to put comments in a BibTeX file?
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* [NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database
2024-05-28 23:00 ` Alan Braslau via ntg-context
@ 2024-05-29 4:54 ` Kip Warner
2024-05-29 12:49 ` Alan Braslau via ntg-context
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From: Kip Warner @ 2024-05-29 4:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Tue, 2024-05-28 at 17:00 -0600, Alan Braslau wrote:
> The Context publications reference subsystem reads BibTeX databases
> but does not use BibTeX at all. I am not sure what your quoted
> statement means exactly.
I see. The first few lines of my BibTeX file just contains a copyright
notice that is commented out with the % character. If that is not a
valid comment character, is there no way to write a comment in the
file?
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* [NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database
2024-05-29 4:54 ` Kip Warner
@ 2024-05-29 12:49 ` Alan Braslau via ntg-context
2024-05-29 23:08 ` Kip Warner
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From: Alan Braslau via ntg-context @ 2024-05-29 12:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kip Warner; +Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users, Alan Braslau
On Tue, 28 May 2024 21:54:08 -0700
Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-05-28 at 17:00 -0600, Alan Braslau wrote:
> > The Context publications reference subsystem reads BibTeX databases
> > but does not use BibTeX at all. I am not sure what your quoted
> > statement means exactly.
>
> I see. The first few lines of my BibTeX file just contains a copyright
> notice that is commented out with the % character. If that is not a
> valid comment character, is there no way to write a comment in the
> file?
>
1) You appear to be using the long-frozen mkii bibliography code.
2) As Aditya wrote, anything outside of a valid entry is ignored.
@comment{
}
is a good construction.
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* [NTG-context] Re: BibTeX choking on comments in database
2024-05-29 12:49 ` Alan Braslau via ntg-context
@ 2024-05-29 23:08 ` Kip Warner
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From: Kip Warner @ 2024-05-29 23:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Braslau; +Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users
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On Wed, 2024-05-29 at 06:49 -0600, Alan Braslau wrote:
> 1) You appear to be using the long-frozen mkii bibliography code.
I think you are right! I just realized that. I'm using in my
Environment file...
% \BIBTEX macro...
\usemodule[abr-02]
% Setup bibliography...
% References database and other general settings...
\setupbibtex[database={./References}, sort=author]
% Global settings...
\setuppublications[
alternative=apa,
numbering=yes,
monthconversion=month,
autohang=yes,
sorttype=cite]
% Without this, no hyperlinks at all in the output...
\setupinteraction[state=start]
% This two-part helper creates a hyperlink for url fields...
\unprotect
\def\bibgotoURL#1#2%
{\useURL[#1][#2][][#1]\from[#1]}
\def\bibinsertbiburl#1#2#3%
{\bibdoifelse{\@@pb@biburl}
{#1\expanded{\bibgotoURL{\@@pb@title}{\@@pb@biburl}}#2}{#3}}
\protect
% Book reference layout...
\setuppublicationlayout[book]{%
\insertauthors{}{. }{\insertthekey{}{. }{}}%
\inserttitle{\bgroup\it }{.\egroup\space }{}%
\insertpubname{}{. }{}%
\insertday{}{ }{}%
\insertmonth{\Word }{. }{}%
\insertpubyear{}{. }{}%
\insertnote{}{.}{}%
}
% Adjusted version of 'misc' typesetting, using \insertbiburl
% instead of \inserttitle (and \insertbiburl runs the
% \bibinsertbiburl macro defined above)
\setuppublicationlayout[misc]{%
\insertauthors{}{. }{\insertthekey{}{. }{}}%
\insertbiburl{\bgroup\it }{.\egroup\space }{}%
\insertpubname{}{. }{}%
\insertday{}{ }{}%
\insertmonth{\Word }{. }{}%
\insertpubyear{}{. }{}%
\insertnote{}{.}{}%
}
% finally, this is a horrible hack needed due to bibtex inserting
% line breaks in the middle of urls in the output bbl (!)
% If you find this hack too ugly, consider editing the .bbl by
% hand and forgetting about the .bib file altogether...
\let\mydodostartpublication\dodostartpublication
\def\dodostartpublication{\catcode`\%=14 \mydodostartpublication}
% Macro to put the citations as footnotes...
\unexpanded\def\footnotecite{\dodoubleempty\domycite}
\def\domycite[#1][#2]%
{\ifsecondargument
\footnote{\cite[alternative=data,#1][#2]}%
\else
\footnote{\cite[data][#1]}%
\fi}
% Individial citation settings...
% Enable clickable links...
\setupcite[alternative=interaction=start, compress=no]
% Publication list setups for end of the book list...
% Settings for triggering et al...
\setuppublicationlist[authoretallimit=3]
\setuppublicationlist[authoretaltext={\it\ et al.}]
\setuppublicationlist[authoretaldisplay=2]
% List the author, editor, or article author's full name, inverted...
\setuppublicationlist[%
author=\invertedauthor,%
artauthor=\invertedauthor,%
editor=\invertedauthor,%
title=References]
% Setup footnotes...
\setupnotation[footnote]
[color=colour_footnote_text,
backgroundcolor=colour_footnote_background,
width=0.3cm, % Space between footnote number and footnote itself
numbercommand=] % Remove elevated footnote notation at bottom of page
\setupnote[footnote]
[textseparator={\textcomma}, % Comma delineated
before={\crlf\crlf}] %
\setupfootnotes
[rule=on, % Disable horizontal rule
textstyle={\hskip.03em}] % Vertical space between footnotes and the text
% To move footnotes inside of text boxes to the bottom of the page with
% the rest of the footnotes. Disabled temporarily to fix issue of text
% background frame borders vanishing...
\kindofpagetextareas\plusone
Whenever I wanted to use a citation I'd just write
\footnotecite[something]. But I see now there is this page that
describes a different process for using BibTeX:
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography
I will take a look today and try to incorporate the new best practice
for using the database and its citations. If you have any suggestions I
will try and incorporate them.
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