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+ tex2bib
+ Input a TeX document containing \bibitems, translate these
+ to BibTeX format
+
+ Usage:
+ tex2bib [-k][-i infile] [-o outfile]
+ -k: regenerate keys
+ if infile not given, reads from stdin
+ if outfile not given, prints to stdout
+
+ The entire tex document is scanned for \bibitems, ending when
+ the string '\end{thebibliography}' is read.
+
+ Assumes that bibitems are formatted as follows:
+ -- {key}author(s), (date) at the beginning
+ -- titles of books or names of journals: {\em title}
+ -- article titles: after date, `` '' quotes optional
+ -- volume, pages: {\it vol}, nnn-nnn.
+ -- publisher/address: address:publisher
+
+ All text in the bibitem which cannot be parsed is included
+ in a note = { } field
+
+ Examples of a book, article, inproceedings:
+
+ \bibitem{Bertin83}Bertin, J. (1983),
+ {\em Semiology of Graphics} (trans. W. Berg). Madison, WI:
+ University of Wisconsin Press.
+
+ \bibitem{Bickel75}Bickel, P. J., Hammel, J. W. and O'Connell, J. W.
+ (1975).
+ Sex bias in graduate admissions: data from Berkeley. {\em
+ Science}, {\it 187}, 398-403.
+
+ \bibitem{Farebrother87}Farebrother, R. W. (1987),
+ ``Mechanical representations of the ${L}_1$ and ${L}_2$ estimation
+ problems'', In Y. Dodge (ed.) {\em Statistical data analysis
+ based on the L1 norm and related methods}, Amsterdam:
+ North-Holland., 455-464.
+
+
+ These are output as:
+
+ @Book{ Bertin:83,
+ author = {J. Bertin},
+ year = 1983,
+ title = {Semiology of Graphics},
+ publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press},
+ address = {Madison, WI},
+ note = {(trans. W. Berg).}
+ }
+ @Article{ Bickel:75,
+ author = {Bickel, P. J. and Hammel, J. W. and O'Connell, J. W.},
+ year = 1975,
+ title = {Sex Bias in Graduate Admissions: Data from Berkeley},
+ journal = {Science},
+ volume = 187,
+ pages = {398-403}
+ }
+ @InCollection{ Farebrother:87,
+ author = {R. W. Farebrother},
+ year = 1987,
+ title = {Mechanical Representations of the ${L}_1$ and ${L}_2$ Estimation Problems},
+ booktitle = {Statistical Data Analysis Based on the L1 Norm and Related Methods},
+ editor = {Y. Dodge},
+ publisher = {North-Holland},
+ address = {Amsterdam},
+ pages = {455-464}
+
+ Text in a bibitem is removed from the bibitem as it is assigned to
+ bibtex fields. Any text remaining is assigned to a note={ } field
+ at the end. Since the parsing is heuristic, some manual fixup work
+ can be expected at the end.
+