From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- biblio/biber/README.md | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 biblio/biber/README.md (limited to 'biblio/biber/README.md') diff --git a/biblio/biber/README.md b/biblio/biber/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cadc928929 --- /dev/null +++ b/biblio/biber/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +#OVERVIEW + +Biber is a BibTeX replacement for users of biblatex, with full Unicode +support. + +**Please note**--the default download for all platforms is 64-bit. Please +look in the files section for the correct 32-bit platform instead of +using the default download button if you want 32-bit. + +##REQUIREMENTS + +Biber is written in Perl with the aim of providing a customised and +sophisticated data preparation backend for biblatex. + +You do not need to install Perl use biber--binaries are provided for many +operating systems via the main TeX distributions (TeXLive, MacTeX, MiKTeX) +and also via download from SourceForge. + +You only need a Perl installation to use biber in one of the following +cases: + +- A binary version is not available for your OS/platform +- You wish to keep up with all of the bleeding-edge git commits before they +- are packaged into a binary. + +For the vast majority of users, using the latest binary for the OS/platform +you are using will be what you want to do. For details on the requirements +for installing the Perl program version, please see the biber PDF documentation. + +The git repository for Biber is kept on github: + +[https://github.com/plk/biber](https://github.com/plk/biber) + +##SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION + +After installing, `biber --help` will give you the basic documentation. + +The latest PDF documentation can be found here: + +[https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber](https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber) + +More information, bugfix releases, forums and bug tracker are available at: + +[https://github.com/plk/biber](https://github.com/plk/biber) + +##BUILDING + +If you wish to build you own binary, see the main biber PDF documentation. +There is a section there on how to do this. The PDF documentation is in the +`documentation` folder for the release on Sourceforge. + -- cgit v1.2.3