On November 7, 2005 11:10 AM C Y wrote: > ... > So this I guess would be a UnitsandDimensions.bib file to > go along with UnitsandDimensions.pamphlet. I doubt it would > make sense to include it in a global bib file ...
I think this is an interesting question that I think must have been addressed by the literate programming people at one time or another. Certainly there is no technical problem if we maintain the bib file outside of the pamphlet file - the same way the external graphics files are handled now. It is tempting to suggest that all you need to do is include the contents of your 'UnitsandDimensions.bib' file as a named chunk in the pamphlet file. But the 'weave' operation applied to a pamphlet file produces only a LaTeX file as output which is then passed to LaTeX. If the bib file is a chunk in the pamphlet file then there would also need to be an intermediate 'tangle' operation to extract it as a file for reference by LaTeX. But that approach would mean in general a potentially much more complex process to construct documents from pamphlet files. I think we (you?) should consult the literate programming community and ask what is the recommended practice in the use of bib files and noweb documents. Regards, Bill Page. _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
