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[Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden>]

Since that output looks ok (to me), I would debug step by step by adding some display statements in the code. I think this is best done in the forum (forum.texmacs.cn) rather than in the mailing list. So if you want open a thread there and we can try. Maybe in your program line 328 , (bib-generate prefix (string-drop style 3) doc)), runs (I do not yet know whether it should or not) your style variable is "acs" and dropping 3 characters it becomes the empty string.

Of course someone else may have a better idea.

Giovanni

On 17/12/23 13:16, Bimal Gaudel wrote:

Thank you for following up.

I got this (I truncated the citation keys inside the parentheses):

TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ] Compile acs, ("bellman1957" ...), (<url /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/misc/bib/texmacs.bib>) ;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string ; (string->symbol style) ; style: "" ; ((string->symbol style)) ; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ... ; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf... TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ] Compile acs, ("bellman1957" ...), (<url /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/misc/bib/texmacs.bib>) ;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string ; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex... ; /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/progs/database/bib-manage.scm, line 300, position: 11855 ; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex (string->sy... ; style: "", prefix: "bib" ; doc: (document (bib-entry "article" ... ; ((string->symbol style)) ; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ... ; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf... TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ] Compile acs, ("bellman1957" ...), (<url /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/misc/bib/texmacs.bib>) ;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string ; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex... ; /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/progs/database/bib-manage.scm, line 300, position: 11855 ; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex (string->sy... ; style: "", prefix: "bib" ; doc: (document (bib-entry "article" ... ; ((string->symbol style)) ; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ... ; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf...

Bimal

On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 6:24 AM Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:

If you do not mind putting the hands inside the code, I would uncomment line 348 of progs/database/bib-manage.scm, which in the commented state is

;;(display* "Compile " style ", " names ", " bib-files "\n")

and then see what TeXmacs displays in the terminal when updating your bibliography (make a backup copy of bib-manage.scm if you think it is good to have one :-) ).

The output should be

Compile acs, (list of references), <tree of bib files>

I think you have to restart TeXmacs for your change to have an effect.

Giovanni

On 17/12/23 04:08, Bimal Gaudel wrote:

I figured out that TEXMACS_HOME_PATH/system/bib is considered when looking for .bst files. I put the acs.bst file in that directory. Running TeXMacs (technically Mogan but I believe that is irrelevant) from the terminal, I encountered the following. Looks like a bug in source code (bib-manage.scm). Unfortunately, I do not (yet) know Scheme. I am relying on you folks’ mercy.

TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ] ;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string ; (string->symbol style) ; style: "" ; ((string->symbol style)) ; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ... ; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf... TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ] ;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string ; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex... ; /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/progs/database/bib-manage.scm, line 300, position: 11855 ; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex (string->sy... ; style: "", prefix: "bib" ; doc: (document (bib-entry "article" ... ; ((string->symbol style)) ; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ... ; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf... TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ] ;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string ; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex... ; /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/progs/database/bib-manage.scm, line 300, position: 11855 ; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex (string->sy... ; style: "", prefix: "bib" ; doc: (document (bib-entry "article" ... ; ((string->symbol style)) ; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ... ; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf...

Bimal

On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 4:11 PM Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:

On 16/12/23 21:17, Bimal Gaudel wrote:

Thanks for your response.

How to make sure that bibtex/biblatex is available for TeXMacs? I do have it in my path as seen from the output of  `which bibtex` within my shell (zsh).

I think that if you have it in your path, it is enough. The error that you get when trying biblatex _might_ be misleading. In my test with the acs style that you posted, it did not work when I put acs.bst under

${TexMacs user directory}/progs/bibtex, but it worked when I put it in the local TeX directory (bibtex/bst subdirectory). Maybe someone more expert can confirm/correct.

Also, if it still does not work, the error messages that possibly appear in the terminal might be helpful (you have to run TeXmacs from the terminal).

Giovanni

I am not sure if this is enough because when I tried `biblatex` for the conversion of BibTeX from TeXMacs, I got the error that says: bibtex not installed on my system, defaulting to integrated style.

Bimal

On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 12:18 PM Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:

On 16/12/23 05:10, Bimal Gaudel wrote:
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> I copied that to ${TexMacs user directory}/progs/bibtex/acs.bst
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It might be that the style file goes into the personal bibtex directory,
which you get exempli gratia in texlive as explained in
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2018-March/041211.html

I tried the TEXMFLOCAL directory and issued the texhash command and it
worked. For issuing the texhash command I had to sudo it and also
specify its full path. Perhaps TEXMFHOME is easier.

Giovanni