Thank you very much Taco, for these answers! Jeff
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jeff Smith wrote: > > Hi! > > > > A couple of questions regarding BibTeX and ConTeXt. :-) > > > > 1) For various reasons I want to make my own .bbl file. Do I > > understand correctly that I therefore don't need to use \setupbibtex > > in my document? > > Correct. Don't use \setupbibtex in that case, because it will trigger > bibtex runs and those will likely destroy your handcrafted bbl. > > > > > > 2) In an automatically generated .bbl file, the \setuppublicationlist > > command seems to have as a value for the samplesize parameter the very > > first s-key of the list, .i.e that of the first publication in the > > database. > > In some styles, the "s" (=short) key is used for both referencing > and labelling in the list of publications. The "samplesize" decides > how much space on the left should be reserved for the labels in that > style. It will make the publication list look like this: > > [Ach75] Random musings about greenery. Achinaeus Julius, Emperial > Elite press, Rome, 75 BCE. > [...] Etc. etc. > > And cites will be like > > As can be read in [Ach75], ... > > > 3) Are the brackets absolutely necessary? With more than one > > name, perhaps? > > Whenever there are embedded commas or square brackets in the keys, > just like in the rest of context. Bibtex is paranoid and inserts > many extra braces, just in case. > > Best wishes, > Taco > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
