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diff --git a/skribe/doc/user/bib.skb b/skribe/doc/user/bib.skb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a006a9b --- /dev/null +++ b/skribe/doc/user/bib.skb @@ -0,0 +1,252 @@ +;*=====================================================================*/ +;* serrano/prgm/project/skribe/doc/user/bib.skb */ +;* ------------------------------------------------------------- */ +;* Author : Manuel Serrano */ +;* Creation : Sun Dec 2 10:02:56 2001 */ +;* Last change : Tue Oct 26 21:41:19 2004 (eg) */ +;* Copyright : 2001-04 Manuel Serrano */ +;* ------------------------------------------------------------- */ +;* The Skribe index */ +;*=====================================================================*/ + +(bibliography "user/src/bib1.sbib") + +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +;* Index */ +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +(chapter :title "Bibliographies" + + (p [ +Skribe supports bibliographies. In order to use bibliography +,(markup-ref "ref") it is needed to:]) + (itemize + (item [ +Use the default pre-existing ,(emph "bibliography table") or create a +custom one.]) + (item [ +Provide a ,(emph "bibliography database").]) + (item [ +Load the database by the mean of the ,(markup-ref "bibliography") +Skribe function call.]) + (item [ +Reference to a bibliography entry, with a ,(markup-ref "ref") Skribe +function call.])) + +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +;* Bibliography tables */ +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +(section :title "Bibliography tables" + + (p [ +This section describes the function of using and creating bibliography +tables.]) + + (p [The predicate ,(code "bib-table?") returns ,(code "#t") if and only +if its argument is a bibliography table as returned by +,(markup-ref "make-bib-table") or ,(markup-ref "default-bib-table"). Otherwise +,(code "bib-table?") returns ,(code "#f").]) + + (doc-markup 'bib-table? + '((obj [The value to be tested])) + :see-also '(make-bib-table default-bib-table bibliography the-bibliography) + :force-engines *api-engines* + :common-args '() + :source "../src/bigloo/bib.bgl") + + (p [The function ,(code "default-bib-table") returns a global, pre-existing +bibliography-table:]) + (doc-markup 'default-bib-table + '() + :see-also '(bib-table? make-bib-table bibliography the-bibliography) + :force-engines *api-engines* + :common-args '() + :source "../src/bigloo/bib.bgl") + + (p [The function ,(code "make-bib-table") constructs a new +bibliography-table:]) + (doc-markup 'make-bib-table + '((ident [The name of the bibliography table.])) + :see-also '(bib-table? default-bib-table bibliography the-bibliography) + :force-engines *api-engines* + :common-args '() + :source "../src/bigloo/bib.bgl")) + +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +;* bibliography ... @label bibliography@ */ +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +(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" :node "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.]) + +(doc-markup 'bibliography + `((:command ,[An external command to be applied when loading + the bibliography entries. The sequence ,(code "~a") is replaced + with the name of the file when the command is invoked.]) + (:bib-table ,[The ,(ref :mark "make-bib-table" :text "table") + where entry is searched.]) + (#!rest entry... ,[If ,(param 'entry) is a string, it denotes + a file containing the entry (see ,(ref :mark "skribe-bib-path" + :text "bibliograph path")). Otherwise, it is a list described + by the ,(ref :subsection "Bibliography syntax" :text "syntax") + below.])) + :see-also '(bib-table? make-bib-table default-bib-table the-bibliography) + :force-engines *api-engines* + :common-args '()) + +(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"))) + + +;; 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:]) + +(disp :verb #t :bg *prgm-skribe-color* [ +<entry> --> ,(bold "(")<kind> <key> <field>+,(bold ")") +<kind> --> techreport | article | inproceedings | book +<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.]) + +(prgm :file "src/bib1.sbib"))) + +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +;* the-bibliography ... @label the-bibliography@ */ +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +(section :title "Printing a bibliography" + +(p [The function ,(code "the-bibliography") displays the bibliography. ]) + +(doc-markup 'the-bibliography + `((:bib-table [The bibliography + ,(ref :mark "make-bib-table" :text "table") to be displayed.]) + (:pred [A predicate filtering the bibliography entries. It takes + two parameters: the bibliography entry and the + ,(code "the-bibliography") node.]) + (:sort [A function sorting a list of entries.]) + (:count ,[The symbol ,(code "partial") or ,(code "full") + specifies the numbering to be applied. The value + ,(code "partial") tells Skribe to count only the entries + filtered in by ,(param :pred). The value ,(code "full") + tells Skribe to count all entries, event those filtered out + by ,(param :pred).])) + :see-also '(bib-table? make-bib-table default-bib-table bibliography) + :force-engines *api-engines* + :common-args '()) + +(example-produce + (example :legend "Printing a bibliography" (prgm :file "src/bib2.skb")) + (disp (include "src/bib2.skb"))) + +;; filtering bibliography +(subsection :title "Filtering bibliography entries" +(index "the-bibliography" :note "filtering") + +(p [The ,(param :pred) option is bound to a function of one argument +that filters bibliography entries. It is used to control which entries +must appears on a bibliography. The default behavior is to display +only the entries referenced to in the text. For instance, in order to +display ,(emph "all") the entries of a bibliography, is it needed to +print the bibliography with a predicate returning always ,(code "#t").]) + +(example-produce + (example :legend "Unfiltering bibliography entries" (prgm :file "src/bib3.skb")) + (disp (include "src/bib3.skb"))) + +(p [The second example, filters out the entries that are not ,(emph "book") +or that are not referenced to from the document.]) + +(example-produce + (example :legend "Unfiltering bibliography entries" (prgm :file "src/bib4.skb")) + (disp (include "src/bib4.skb"))) + +(p [The last example, illustrates how to change the rendering of a +bibliography. It uses the ,(markup-ref "processor") construction +and it defines two ,(ref :ident "writer" :text "writers") for +displaying ,(code "&bib-entry-ident") and ,(code "&bib-entry-title") +markups. These two markups are introduced by Skribe when it loads a +bibliography. All fields of bibliography entries are represented by +markups whose prefix are ,(code "&bib-entry-"). The parent of all these +markups is the bibliography entry itself. The ,(code "&bib-entry-") markups +are options of there parent.]) + +(example-produce + (example :legend "Unfiltering bibliography entries" (prgm :file "src/bib5.skb")) + (disp (include "src/bib5.skb")))) + +;; sorting bibliography +(subsection :title "Sorting bibliography entries" +(index "the-bibliography" :note "sorting") + +(p [The ,(param :sort) option of the ,(markup-ref "the-bibliography") +markup is used for sorting the bibliography entries. There are three +pre-existing functions for sorting entries:]) + +(doc-markup 'bib-sort/authors + '((l [The list of entries.])) + :force-engines *api-engines* + :source "../src/common/bib.scm" + :others '(bib-sort/idents bib-sort/dates) + :common-args '()) + +(p [The first function sorts the entries according to an alphabetic ordering +on authors. The second sorts according to an alphabetic ordering on +entries identifier. The last one sorts according to entries date.]) + +(example-produce + (example :legend "Sorting bibliography entries" + (prgm :file "src/common/bib.scm" :definition 'bib-sort/idents))))) + +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +;* skribebibtex */ +;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ +(section :title "Skribebibtex" +(index "skribebibtex" :note "manual page") +(index "bibtex") +(p [ +In this section we present the Skribebibtex translator that compiles Bibtex +source files into a Skribe bibliography.]) + +;; Synopsis +(subsection :title "SYNOPSIS" :number #f + (compiler-command *skribebibtex-bin* "options" "input")) + +;; Description +(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 +files can be used by the ,(bold "skribe") compiler to produce +bibliography entries.]) + +;; Suffixes +(subsection :title "SUFFIXES" :number #f [ +The ,(ref :chapter "Skribe compiler" :text "skribe") 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.]))]) + +;; Options +(subsection :title "OPTIONS" :number #f +(compiler-options *skribebibtex-bin*)))) + |