Using pandoc-citeproc to convert a .bib file to YAML

Using pandoc-citeproc to convert a .bib file to YAML

[R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar]

Dear Folks,

I have the following single entry (without the ---) in a BibTeX file 
called test.bib

---
@book{mavromatis2010,
title = {{Hypnagogia: The Unique State of Consciousness Between 
Wakefulness and Sleep}},
publisher = {Thyrsos Press},
year = {2010},
author = { Andreas Mavromatis},
edition = {3}
}
---

When I run

pandoc-citeproc --bib2yaml test.bib

The command just hangs and I need to Ctrl-C to get back my terminal 
prompt. This behaviour does not change when I try:

pandoc-citeproc --bib2yaml test.bib > test.yaml

or

pandoc-citeproc --bib2yaml test.bib test.yaml

Can someone kindly tell me what I am doing wrong and how to correct it 
please?

pandoc-citeproc --version

gives:

pandoc-citeproc 0.17

Thanks.

Chandra

Re: Using pandoc-citeproc to convert a .bib file to YAML

[Joseph Reagle]

Hello Chandra, the command runs for me (below). I wonder if you have some hidden characters in your text file that I'm not picking up in my copy/paste? Are your other libraries the same version?

```
╭─reagle@hom ~
╰─➤  pandoc-citeproc --bib2yaml test.bib
---
references:
- id: mavromatis2010
  type: book
  author:
  - family: Mavromatis
    given: Andreas
  issued:
  - year: 2010
  title: '<span class="nocase">Hypnagogia: The Unique State of Consciousness Between
    Wakefulness and Sleep</span>'
  publisher: Thyrsos Press
  edition: '3'
...
╭─reagle@hom ~
╰─➤  pandoc-citeproc --version
pandoc-citeproc 0.17
╭─reagle@hom ~
╰─➤  pandoc --version
pandoc 2.9.2.1
Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12.0.1, skylighting 0.8.3.2

```

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Re: Using pandoc-citeproc to convert a .bib file to YAML

[R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar]

Thank you for your reply, Joseph.

There are no extraneous characters when the file is viewed in vim.

My setup is:

pandoc-citeproc 0.17
pandoc 2.9.2.1
Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12.0.2, skylighting 0.8.4

I run KDE-flavoured Manjaro Linux 20.0.3 named Lysia. There was recent 
upgrade that broke some keyboard maps (including one of mine) and I will 
test again after that is fixed.

Meanwhile, I am still perplexed what the cause of this "analog" failure 
could be as pandoc and other parts of the toolchain work, as do so many 
other applications. Perhaps, it is, as you have suggested, a flaky library.

Chandra

On 21/06/2020 03:43, Joseph Reagle wrote:
> 
> Hello Chandra, the command runs for me (below). I wonder if you have some hidden characters in your text file that I'm not picking up in my copy/paste? Are your other libraries the same version?
> 
> ```
> ╭─reagle@hom ~
> ╰─➤  pandoc-citeproc --bib2yaml test.bib
> ---
> references:
> - id: mavromatis2010
>    type: book
>    author:
>    - family: Mavromatis
>      given: Andreas
>    issued:
>    - year: 2010
>    title: '<span class="nocase">Hypnagogia: The Unique State of Consciousness Between
>      Wakefulness and Sleep</span>'
>    publisher: Thyrsos Press
>    edition: '3'
> ...
> ╭─reagle@hom ~
> ╰─➤  pandoc-citeproc --version
> pandoc-citeproc 0.17
> ╭─reagle@hom ~
> ╰─➤  pandoc --version
> pandoc 2.9.2.1
> Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12.0.1, skylighting 0.8.3.2
> 
> ```
> 

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Re: Using pandoc-citeproc to convert a .bib file to YAML

[R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar]

A further search of the web yielded this link that may be relevant:
---
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/65981
Dated: 25 March 2020
"Description:
With the recent update of the package to version 0.17-53 it stopped 
working for me, hanging in an infinite loop without any output."
---
The above description is closest to what I am experiencing now, and I 
have installed from the Manjaro community repository. My package version 
is 0.17-126 built on Sat 06 Jun 2020

Where would I report this? To the Arch/Manjaro packaging folks or here 
to those who maintain pandoc-citeproc?

Thanks.

Chandra

On 21/06/2020 19:02, R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar wrote:
> Thank you for your reply, Joseph.
> 
> There are no extraneous characters when the file is viewed in vim.
> 
> My setup is:
> 
> pandoc-citeproc 0.17
> pandoc 2.9.2.1
> Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12.0.2, skylighting 0.8.4
> 
> I run KDE-flavoured Manjaro Linux 20.0.3 named Lysia. There was recent 
> upgrade that broke some keyboard maps (including one of mine) and I will 
> test again after that is fixed.
> 
> Meanwhile, I am still perplexed what the cause of this "analog" failure 
> could be as pandoc and other parts of the toolchain work, as do so many 
> other applications. Perhaps, it is, as you have suggested, a flaky library.
> 
> Chandra
> 
> On 21/06/2020 03:43, Joseph Reagle wrote:
>>
>> Hello Chandra, the command runs for me (below). I wonder if you have 
>> some hidden characters in your text file that I'm not picking up in my 
>> copy/paste? Are your other libraries the same version?
>>
>> ```
>> ╭─reagle@hom ~
>> ╰─➤  pandoc-citeproc --bib2yaml test.bib
>> ---
>> references:
>> - id: mavromatis2010
>>    type: book
>>    author:
>>    - family: Mavromatis
>>      given: Andreas
>>    issued:
>>    - year: 2010
>>    title: '<span class="nocase">Hypnagogia: The Unique State of 
>> Consciousness Between
>>      Wakefulness and Sleep</span>'
>>    publisher: Thyrsos Press
>>    edition: '3'
>> ...
>> ╭─reagle@hom ~
>> ╰─➤  pandoc-citeproc --version
>> pandoc-citeproc 0.17
>> ╭─reagle@hom ~
>> ╰─➤  pandoc --version
>> pandoc 2.9.2.1
>> Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12.0.1, skylighting 0.8.3.2
>>
>> ```
>>

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Re: Using pandoc-citeproc to convert a .bib file to YAML

[R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar]

To close this issue, here is a workaround until the Arch/Manjaro package 
is fixed:

1. Go to the Pandoc downloads page and download the file 
pandoc-2.9.2.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz.
2. Extract the file pandoc-2.9.2.1/bin/pandoc-citeproc to a user directory.
3. Run path-to-downloaded/pandoc-citeproc --bib2yaml test.bib > test.yaml.

Chandra

On 22/06/2020 01:15, R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar wrote:
> A further search of the web yielded this link that may be relevant:
> ---
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/65981
> Dated: 25 March 2020
> "Description:
> With the recent update of the package to version 0.17-53 it stopped 
> working for me, hanging in an infinite loop without any output."
> ---
> The above description is closest to what I am experiencing now, and I 
> have installed from the Manjaro community repository. My package version 
> is 0.17-126 built on Sat 06 Jun 2020
> 
> Where would I report this? To the Arch/Manjaro packaging folks or here 
> to those who maintain pandoc-citeproc?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Chandra
> 
> On 21/06/2020 19:02, R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar wrote:
>> Thank you for your reply, Joseph.
>>
>> There are no extraneous characters when the file is viewed in vim.
>>
>> My setup is:
>>
>> pandoc-citeproc 0.17
>> pandoc 2.9.2.1
>> Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12.0.2, skylighting 0.8.4
>>
>> I run KDE-flavoured Manjaro Linux 20.0.3 named Lysia. There was recent 
>> upgrade that broke some keyboard maps (including one of mine) and I 
>> will test again after that is fixed.
>>
>> Meanwhile, I am still perplexed what the cause of this "analog" 
>> failure could be as pandoc and other parts of the toolchain work, as 
>> do so many other applications. Perhaps, it is, as you have suggested, 
>> a flaky library.
>>
>> Chandra
>>
>> On 21/06/2020 03:43, Joseph Reagle wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Chandra, the command runs for me (below). I wonder if you have 
>>> some hidden characters in your text file that I'm not picking up in 
>>> my copy/paste? Are your other libraries the same version?
>>>
>>> ```
>>> ╭─reagle@hom ~
>>> ╰─➤  pandoc-citeproc --bib2yaml test.bib
>>> ---
>>> references:
>>> - id: mavromatis2010
>>>    type: book
>>>    author:
>>>    - family: Mavromatis
>>>      given: Andreas
>>>    issued:
>>>    - year: 2010
>>>    title: '<span class="nocase">Hypnagogia: The Unique State of 
>>> Consciousness Between
>>>      Wakefulness and Sleep</span>'
>>>    publisher: Thyrsos Press
>>>    edition: '3'
>>> ...
>>> ╭─reagle@hom ~
>>> ╰─➤  pandoc-citeproc --version
>>> pandoc-citeproc 0.17
>>> ╭─reagle@hom ~
>>> ╰─➤  pandoc --version
>>> pandoc 2.9.2.1
>>> Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12.0.1, skylighting 0.8.3.2
>>>
>>> ```
>>>

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