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If not, see . ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ ;* Index */ ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ (chapter :title "Bibliographies" :ident "biblio" (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 custom one.]) (item [ Provide a ,(emph "bibliography database").]) (item [ Load the database using the ,(markup-ref "bibliography") function.]) (item [ 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" (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 ,(markup-ref "make-bib-table") or ,(markup-ref "*bib-table*"). Otherwise ,(code "bib-table?") returns ,(code "#f").]) (doc-markup 'bib-table? '((obj [The value to be tested])) :see-also '(make-bib-table *bib-table* bibliography the-bibliography) :force-engines *api-engines* :common-args '() :source #f ;;"skribilo/biblio.scm" :def '(define-markup (bib-table? obj) ...)) (p [The function ,(code "*bib-table*") returns a global, pre-existing bibliography-table:]) (doc-markup '*bib-table* '() :see-also '(bib-table? make-bib-table bibliography the-bibliography) :force-engines *api-engines* :common-args '() :source #f :def '(define-markup (*bib-table*) ...)) (p [Technically, ,(code "*bib-table*") is actually an ,(srfi-ref 39) parameter object, so it can be queried and modified like any other parameter object.]) (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? *bib-table* bibliography the-bibliography) :force-engines *api-engines* :common-args '() :source #f :def '(define-markup (make-bib-table ident) ...))) ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ ;* bibliography ... @label bibliography@ */ ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ (section :title "Bibliography" (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 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 "*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 *bib-table* the-bibliography) :force-engines *api-engines* :common-args '()) (mark "*bib-path*") (p [Files passed as an argument to ,(markup-ref "bibliography") are searched in the current ,(emph [bibliography path]), which is defined by the ,(tt [*bib-path*]) ,(srfi-ref 39) parameter. This parameter contains a list of directories and its value can be obtained using ,(code [(*bib-path*)]). Its value can be altered using the ,(tt [-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.]) (example-produce (example :legend "Printing a Bibliography" (prgm :file "src/bib6.skb"))) ;; bibliography syntax (subsection :title "Bibliography Syntax" (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* [ --> ,(bold "(") +,(bold ")") --> techreport | article | inproceedings | book --> | --> ,(bold "(") ,(bold ")")]) (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"))) ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ ;* 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.]) (:labels ,[Specifies the style for bibliography entries labels. The default, ,(code "number"), uses numbers to identify references, e.g., "\[7\]". When ,(code "name+year") is chosen, long labels including the first author's last name (and optionally the second author's last name) and the year of publication will be used. For instance: "\[Smith 1984\]", "\[Smith & Johnson 1979\]", or "\[Smith ,(it [et al.]) 1980\]".]) (:count ,[The symbol ,(code "partial") or ,(code "full") specifies the numbering to be applied. The value ,(code "partial") tells Skribilo to count only the entries filtered in by ,(param :pred). The value ,(code "full") tells Skribilo to count all entries, event those filtered out by ,(param :pred).])) :see-also '(bib-table? make-bib-table *bib-table* bibliography noabbrev) :force-engines *api-engines* :common-args '()) (p [Note that the ,(code "name+year") label style will only work if the following conventions are followed by the ,(code "author") field of your bibliography entries: ,(itemize (item [the ,(code [author]) fields of bibliographic entries should be a string containing a comma-separated list of full author names;]) (item [each ``full author name'' should have the form ,(code "first-name second-name ... last-name").])) When using the ,(code "name+year") label style, it is sometimes desirable to preclude automatic abbreviations for some authors, e.g., when the author is the name of a consortium or company rather than that of a person. In that case, you should enclose the value of your ,(code "author") field in a ,(ref :ident "noabbrev" :text (code "noabbrev")) markup.]) (doc-markup 'noabbrev '() :see-also '(the-bibliography bib-sort/first-author-last-name)) (p [The following example illustrates typical use of a bibliography.]) (example-produce (example :legend "Printing a Bibliography" (prgm :file "src/bib2.skb")) (disp (include "src/bib2.skb"))) (index "locale" :note "effect of locales on the bibliography") (p [Note that the current locale setting affects the language used in bibliography entries. For instance, if the ,(code [LC_ALL]) environment variable is set to ,(code [sv_SE.utf8]), then phrases like ``Chapter'' or ``Technical Report'' will be written in Swedish.]) ;; 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, defines in the ,(code [(skribilo biblio)]) module (see ,(numref :text [Section] :ident "modules")).]) (doc-markup 'bib-sort/authors '((l [The list of entries.])) :force-engines *api-engines* :source "skribilo/biblio.scm" :others '(bib-sort/idents bib-sort/dates) :see-also '(bib-sort/first-author-last-name) :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 "skribilo/biblio.scm" :definition 'bib-sort/idents))) (p [In addition, the ,(code [(skribilo biblio author)]) module exports a fourth procedure that sorts bibliography entries:]) (doc-markup 'bib-sort/first-author-last-name '((entries [The list of entries.])) :force-engines *api-engines* :source "skribilo/biblio/author.scm" :see-also '(bib-sort/authors the-bibliography noabbrev) :common-args '()) (p [This procedure allows entries to be sorted according to the last name of the first author of each bibliography entry. For this to work, the author field of bibliography entries must follow the same conventions as for the ,(code "name+year") label style of ,(ref :ident "the-bibliography" :text (code "the-bibliography")).]))) ;*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ ;* 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") (p [ In this section we present the Skribebibtex translator that compiles BibTeX source files into a Skribe bibliography.]) ;; Synopsis (FIXME) ;;(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 "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.]))]) ;; Options (FIXME) ;;(subsection :title "OPTIONS" :number #f ;;(compiler-options *skribebibtex-bin*)) )) ;;; Local Variables: ;;; ispell-local-dictionary: "american" ;;; End: