Hi Taco, Thnx for working on this! I am confused about a couple of things though...
>===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >There is one bbl per article, but only one (global) list >of references & publications, so, for now, your bbl files >need to define bib items with unique keys. I hope this is >workable for now? In the examples I sent there was no global list. Are you saying that I need to 1. move my multiple bbl files into one global bbl file; 2. if one reference is used in more than one article, then that reference must be duplicated in the global bbl file but with a different key each time. That is, if [afghani60] is used in two articles, then I must do something like \startpublication[k=afghani60-i,... \startpublication[k=afghani60-ii,... in the global file. Is this right or am I not getting it?-) >On the project structure: I believe a project file should be >pure virtual, so that: the components are the articles, the >product is the journal issue, and the project is the journals >entire lifespan. Hmm, I have been treating each issue of the journal as a distinct project in itself. Maybe for the next volume I'll try the more abstract approach. But I don't understand how this issue affects the bib issue. >Such a structure would need a different solution from the one >I have implemented now, so we may have to revisit this part >of the module in a few weeks. Is that ok? Ok, I appreciate all u've done up to now... >> 2. Can t-bib extract the references and place them in alphabetical order, or >> do I have to still organize my bbl files alphabetically by hand (I really hope >> not->)? Automatic alphabetizing bbl file data in the output has been one of my >> major wishes for t-bib. > >The current module cannot do this, because it is unfeasible to do >sorting in TeX macros. I will investigate sorting through texutil >or something similiar, but that will need more than a few days/weeks >to implement, so definately will not be ready before tuesday. That's ok, I have to work on the next issue right after the immediate (late) issue-) >Btw, if you use bibtex, then you can do > > \setupbibtex[sort=title] > >because then bibtex does the sorting for me. :-) Does this mean that I have to create a global .bib file instead of a global .bbl file? Do I have to go back to bibtex syntax? I have have been creating bbl files by hand upto now... By the way: I have been using mswincontext.zip as my stand-alone TeX installation, and no longer update fpTeX, etc. Since t-bib is a part of ConTeXt now, does it not make sense that BibTeX also be included, at least until it is no longer needed? I'll test things shortly: Thnx for all your help! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
