Hi Ulf,
Ulf Martin wrote:
> Crossrefs don't seem to work properly.
There isn't one, only a partial workaround: manually add a line of
\nocite[<crossref-ed entry>]
in your source somewhere, and at least the module will typeset the
cross-referenced item itself.
I will reconsider fixing this, but it is one of the more annoying
things to get right.
>
> A hint to the solution for an expert could be the bbl file. Note that
> the order of the entries is turned around:
No, that is absolutely unrelated. The .bbl file in context is nothing
else than a representation in TeX macros of the original .bib file(s).
> (If ordered by author first, then year. Note also that in \language[de]
> "vol." should be "Bd." and "p." be "S.".)
Someone could create a bibl-aps-de.tex file, but I can not. It would
just be a copy of bibl-aps.tex, but with german strings instead of
english ones. You would still need to use an explicit language like
\setuppublications[alternative=aps-de]
though (because switching based on the current document language is not
necessarily correct and is therefore unsupported).
> Any ideas of what to do or hints where to find more info?
Rgiht here, on this list.
> * * *
>
> Additional question: what is the best way to generate the bbl file in
> the project directory? (I use "Central.bib" for all my documents).
>
> Using
>
> % texexec mainsetup
>
> in the projects directory produces many unnecessary files (e.g. a dvi
> file) as it is only meant as a setup file.
You only have to generate the bbl file once, so that should not be
a big burden. You could feasibly create a dummy file that is 4 or 5
lines long and has nothing but the \usemodule & \setupbibtex lines,
run that, and rename the resulting bbl file.
> However, proper bibliography processing is a "killer feature" for me --
> I have virtually no document whithout references. (I wonder, what the
> direction of the ConText development here is; arguably, odd old BibTeX
> has reached an end of its history and support for more modern and
> complete, e.g. XML-based formats would be preferable (say, MODS) --
> considering the seeminly nice XML support that is already there.)
Bibtex is a rather idiosyncratic and LaTeX-centric program, and it
already takes some effort to make bibtex believe that ConTeXt is
enough like LaTeX to make it work. I do not wish to spend much
more time catering for the bizarreness that is bibtex than I
already have.
The next major release of the module (but don't expect a release
anywhere this year) will indeed support MODS through citeproc:
http://xbiblio.sourceforge.net/citeproc/
Cheers, Taco
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