On 05.08.2011, at 17:33, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > On Aug 5, 2011, at 07:37, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> On 05.08.2011, at 16:26, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> Unless you're a TeXpert, those look worse than .bst files. >> >> Well, no, for two reasons: >> >> - Biblatex is extensively documented (contrary to the .bst format). >> Actually, I'd say that biblatex's excellent documentation is one of its >> majors strengths. > > The bst language is documented in btxhax.pdf and btxbst.doc. Granted, it's > shorter than the 215 pages of biblatex.pdf, but that's not necessarily bad... > >> - Understanding how the styles work and what do you have to change is >> actually doable with average LaTeX skills (contrary to the .bst format. The >> .bst is very obscure and it's logic has absolutely nothing to do with LaTeX). > > I guess that depends on your idea of "average" LaTeX skills; I've written and > modified document classes, so I'm not an absolute newbie, but the apa.bbx > file I looked at is less comprehensible to me than a .bst file.
Well, for one thing APA is one of the more complex styles. So I'm not surprised that its implementation isn't trivial. Second biblatex-apa is not one of the default biblatex styles, so contrary to the default biblatex styles it's not primarily meant to be altered. If you start with your own biblatex style it's probably not a good idea to start with biblatex-apa (except you only need small alterations). > I can believe that biblatex makes more things possible, but I think the > argument that it's simpler or easier is completely misguided. I dare to say that I'm not the only who strongly disagrees. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch „Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.“ Homer Simpson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
