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diff --git a/doc/user/bib.skb b/doc/user/bib.skb index c92f89e..b40015a 100644 --- a/doc/user/bib.skb +++ b/doc/user/bib.skb @@ -19,16 +19,15 @@ ;;; Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, ;;; USA. -(bibliography "src/bib1.sbib") - ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ ;* Index */ ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ (chapter :title "Bibliographies" - (p [ -Skribe supports bibliographies. In order to use bibliography -,(markup-ref "ref") it is needed to:]) + (p [Skribilo provides support for bibliographies. To setup a +bibliography database and to be able to refer to its entries from a +document, the following things must be done:] + (itemize (item [ Use the default pre-existing ,(emph "bibliography table") or create a @@ -36,20 +35,22 @@ custom one.]) (item [ Provide a ,(emph "bibliography database").]) (item [ -Load the database by the mean of the ,(markup-ref "bibliography") -Skribe function call.]) +Load the database using the ,(markup-ref "bibliography") function.]) (item [ -Reference to a bibliography entry, with a ,(markup-ref "ref") Skribe -function call.])) +Reference to bibliography entries with ,(code [,(markup-ref "ref") +,(param [:bib])]) function calls.])) + + [The following sections will guide you through these steps.]) + ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ ;* Bibliography tables */ ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ -(section :title "Bibliography tables" +(section :title "Bibliography Tables" - (p [ -This section describes the function of using and creating bibliography -tables.]) + (p [This section describes functions dealing with ,(emph +[bibliography tables]). Essentially, bibliography tables are the +representation of your bibliographies used by Skribilo at run-time.]) (p [The predicate ,(code "bib-table?") returns ,(code "#t") if and only if its argument is a bibliography table as returned by @@ -92,15 +93,15 @@ bibliography-table:]) ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ (section :title "Bibliography" -(p [The function ,(code "bibliography") loads bibliography ,(param 'entries) -into the Skribe memory. An ,(emph "entry") is either a list -representing one entry (such as an article or book reference) or a -string which denotes a file name that contains several -entries. All the entries loaded in memory are available for the function -,(ref :ident "ref" :text "references"). A bibliography database must be loaded -,(emph "before") any reference is introduced. It is advised to place -the ,(code "bibliography") Skribe function call before the call to the -,(markup-ref "document") function call.]) +(p [The ,(markup-ref "bibliography") function loads bibliography entries +into the bibliography table specified using the ,(param :bib-table) +parameter. It can be passed either lists representing entries (such as +an article or book reference), or strings denoting the names of files +that contains several entries. All the entries loaded in memory can +then be referred to with ,(markup-ref "ref"). A bibliography database +must be loaded ,(emph "before") any reference is introduced. It is +advised to place the ,(markup-ref "bibliography") function call before +the call to the ,(markup-ref "document") function call.]) (doc-markup 'bibliography `((:command ,[An external command to be applied when loading @@ -126,9 +127,9 @@ contains a list of directories and its value can be obtained using [-B]) command-line option of the ,(tt [skribilo]) compiler (see ,(numref :text [Chapter] :ident "compiler") for details).]) -(p [The ,(param :command) option can be used to import foreign bibliography. -The following example, shows how to directly use a Bibtex bibliography -using the ,(ref :section "Skribebibtex") translator.]) +(p [The ,(param :command) option can be used to import foreign +bibliography. The following example, shows how to directly use a BibTeX +bibliography using the ,(ref :section "Skribebibtex") translator.]) (example-produce (example :legend "Printing a Bibliography" (prgm :file "src/bib6.skb"))) @@ -137,9 +138,9 @@ using the ,(ref :section "Skribebibtex") translator.]) ;; bibliography syntax (subsection :title "Bibliography Syntax" -(p [The Skribe bibliography database uses a format very close to -the Bibtex one. It is a parenthetic version of Bibtex. Here is the -syntax of an entry:]) +(p [The Skribe/Skribilo bibliography database uses a format very close +to the BibTeX one, which is a parenthetic version of BibTeX. Here is +the syntax of an entry:]) (disp :verb #t :bg *prgm-skribe-color* [ <entry> --> ,(bold "(")<kind> <key> <field>+,(bold ")") @@ -147,10 +148,10 @@ syntax of an entry:]) <key> --> <symbol> | <string> <field> --> ,(bold "(")<symbol> <string>,(bold ")")]) -(p [Bibtex files cannot be directly loaded in Skribe but the tool -,(ref :section "Skribebibtex" :text (tt "skribebibtex")) can be use to -automatically convert Bibtex format to Skribe bibliography format. -Here is an example of a simple Skribe database.]) +(p [BibTeX files cannot be directly loaded but the tool ,(ref :section +"Skribebibtex" :text (tt "skribebibtex")) can be use to automatically +convert BibTeX format to Skribe bibliography format. Here is an example +of a simple Skribe database.]) (prgm :file "src/bib1.sbib"))) @@ -295,12 +296,18 @@ conventions as for the ,(code "name+year") label style of ,(ref :ident ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ ;* skribebibtex */ +;* FIXME: Uncomment section below when we have a replacement. */ ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ (section :title "Skribebibtex" + + (p [FIXME: This tool is not available as of Skribilo version +,(skribilo-version).])) + +#;(section :title "Skribebibtex" (index "skribebibtex" :note "manual page") -(index "bibtex") +(index "BibTeX") (p [ -In this section we present the Skribebibtex translator that compiles Bibtex +In this section we present the Skribebibtex translator that compiles BibTeX source files into a Skribe bibliography.]) ;; Synopsis (FIXME) @@ -311,7 +318,7 @@ source files into a Skribe bibliography.]) (subsection :title "DESCRIPTION" :number #f [ This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. It documents the ,(tt "skribebibtex"), a tool that translates -,(bold "Bibtex") files into ,(it "Skribe"), bibliography format. These +,(bold "BibTeX") files into ,(it "Skribe"), bibliography format. These files can be used by the ,(bold "skribe") compiler to produce bibliography entries.]) @@ -321,7 +328,7 @@ The ,(ref :chapter "Skribilo Compiler" :text "skribilo") compiler uses file suffixes in order to select amongst its possible targets which to choose. These suffixes are: -,(description (item :key (it ".bib") [a ,(bold "Bibtex") source file.]))]) +,(description (item :key (it ".bib") [a ,(bold "BibTeX") source file.]))]) ;; Options (FIXME) ;;(subsection :title "OPTIONS" :number #f @@ -329,3 +336,7 @@ These suffixes are: )) +;;; Local Variables: +;;; coding: latin-1 +;;; ispell-local-dictionary: "american" +;;; End: |