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diff --git a/biblio/bibtex/utils/ams2bib/README b/biblio/bibtex/utils/ams2bib/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b8dcddc4de --- /dev/null +++ b/biblio/bibtex/utils/ams2bib/README @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +ams2bib, version 1.0: convert AmSTeX bibliography into BibTeX + +Copyright (C) Arthur G. Werschulz <agw@cs.columbia.edu> +May be freely redistributed under the Gnu Public License. + +ams2bib is a Perl script. Its input is a file consisting of AmSTeX +bibliography entries. It produces a file consisting of the same +bibliographic entries, but in BibTeX format. + +Since ams2bib is written in Perl, it should run on any system on which +Perl is installed. It has been tested on the following platforms: + + RedHat Linux + Solaris + Macintosh + +Using ams2bib is very simple: If you have a file "foo.tex" consisting +of AmSTeX bibliographic references, the command "ams2bib foo" produces +a file "foo.bib" containing the translations of these references into +BibTeX. Keys are automatically generated, based on the authors' names +and yuear of publication. + +Note: AmSTeX does not support the wide variety of reference types that +BibTeX does. For example, the only way to indicate a technical report +in AmSTeX is to use the \paper referece, with the \paperinfo field +giving the technical report information. Hence, a tool such as +ams2bib would be hard-pressed to produce a @TechReport bibliographic +entry. Indeed, ams2bib only produces @Article, @Book, and @InBook +entries. This means that it may be necessary to hand-edit the +resulting BibTeX file, looking for these kinds of corrections. + +This package consists of the following files: + + README this file + ams2bib the program itself + ams2bib.1 the Unix man page for ams2bib + ams2bib.txt a plain text version of the Unix man page + +One final comment: TeX has been a major part of my professional life +over the last (almost) twenty years. Although ams2bib is a tiny +little utility that only a few people may actually find useful, +I am glad to be able to make a contribution (no matter how small) to +the TeX community. + + Art Werschulz + |