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[Alvaro Tejero Cantero <address@hidden>]

Dear all,

How do you manage your BibTex citations?

I made some progress, but still don't have them working. I managed to
locate a package file, cite-author-year.ts where macros prepend bib-
to every BibTeX key:

  <assign|cite-data|<macro|key|<get-binding|<merge|bib-|<arg|key>>>>>

  
<assign|cite-link|<macro|key|text|<style-with|src-compact|none|<locus|<id|<hard-id|<arg|key>>>|<link|hyperlink|<id|<hard-id|<arg|key>>>|<url|<merge|#bib-|<arg|key>>>>|<arg|text>>>>>


If I change bib- or eventually remove it altogether from the merge
function calls above, and if I add the package to my current document,
then TeXmacs seems to look for the correct reference, i.e. Brunel2008
and not bib-Brunel2008. I also tried removing the merge call entirely.

The problem is: it still complains that it doesn't find it ->

    TeXmacs] Warning: Undefined reference Brunel2008

I am at a loss as to what to do - the reference IS contained in the
BibTeX file.

If this lookup worked, my roadmap would be to create a package that
exclusively redefines cite-data and cite-link and load it every time
for my document.

Comments and help certainly welcome!

-á.


On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 16:42, Alvaro Tejero Cantero <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It's been a while since I've used TeXmacs with a BibTeX bibliography
> (last time 2006).
>
> My last attempt is with a bib file in the same directory as the tm
> file, the style 'plain' (note: not tm-plain) and a cite key
>
> <cite|Brunel2008>
>
> which I have verified to have indeed an entry in the bib file.
>
> Every time I try to generate the citations via
> Document->Update->Bibliography I receive the following error message:
>
>
> TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, plain, 
> /home/tejero/W/Thesis/library.bib]
> TeXmacs] BibTeX command: cd $TEXMACS_HOME_PATH/system/bib;
> BIBINPUTS=/home/tejero/W/Thesis:$BIBINPUTS
> BSTINPUTS=/home/tejero/W/Thesis:$BSTINPUTS bibtex temp
> TeXmacs] Warning: Undefined reference bib-Brunel2008
> TeXmacs] Warning: Undefined reference bib-Brunel2008
>
> i.e. TeXmacs prepends 'bib' to every citation. I don't know the
> reasons for this but there must be some, since the TODO file asks
>
> * Should BibTeX labels really be prefixed by "bib-"?
>
> This e-mail wants to answer 'please, don't do that' and ask if
> somebody knows a workaround / where to eliminate this by hand.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Álvaro.
>