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## The Problem Being Solved
Some journals accept the reference list only as `\bibitem`s.
If you use BibTeX, there is no problem:
just paste the content of the `.bbl` file into your document.
However, there were no out-of-the-box way to do the same for `biblatex`,
and you had to struggle with searching appropriate `.bst` files,
or formatting your reference list by hand,
or something like that.
Now you haven't to.
## Usage
In preamble, after the `biblatex` package is loaded via `\usepackage[...]{biblatex}`:
```latex
\usepackage{biblatex2bibitem}
```
At the very end of document:
```latex
\printbibitembibliography
```
The desired `bibitem`s will be written directly to the PDF file.
When it's time to switch to `bibitem`s (e.g. before sending the paper to the journal),
just copy them directly from the pdf into your `.tex` file, remove
`biblatex` commands and (probably) load the `cite` package.
### Disclaimer
This package itself is a hack.
Moreover, it is (as for 02 March 2020) under rather an active development.
New features may appear and disappear, and the API may be unstable.
Thus, you may want to download `biblatex2bibitem.sty` and keep it near your article
instead of (or in addition to) having installing it system-wide.
## Tips
### Linebreaks in generated bibliography
You can pass `block=par` option to `biblatex` like that:
```latex
\usepackage[block=par,...]{biblatex}
```
but not like that (see also https://github.com/plk/biblatex/issues/968):
```latex
\printbibliography[block=par,env=bibitembibliography]
```
It will add linebreaks in generated `bibitem`s and make the code a bit more beautiful :)
### (Un)desired spaces
If you really want to have a space after the title of an e.g. an article, just
```latex
\renewcommand{\ignorespacesaftertitlecase}{}
```
### `bibitem` separators
By default, generated `bibitem`s are separated by a line with an empty pair of curly braces on it to make the reading of the code easier.
You can tweak this by e.g.
```latex
\renewcommand{\printgeneratedbibitemseparator}{\ttfamily\{\}\\}
```
(for putting all the `bibitem`s into monotype font) or e.g.
```latex
\renewcommand{\printgeneratedbibitemseparator}{}
```
(for disabling "blank" lines but not linebreaks when copying).
### Other redefinable commands
Don't forget about `\makeatletter` and `\makeatother`!
+ `\print@begin@thebibliography` - default: `\textbackslash begin\{thebibliography\}\{99\}`
+ `\print@end@thebibliography` - default: `\textbackslash end\{thebibliography\} `
+ `\print@bibitem@command` - default: `\textbackslash bibitem`
## See also
+ https://github.com/plk/biblatex/issues/783
+ https://github.com/plk/biblatex/issues/292
+ https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/12175/biblatex-submitting-to-a-journal (a hopeless discussion)
+ https://github.com/odomanov/biblatex-gost/issues/20 (in Russian)
## Repostories
+ [CTAN](https://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex2bibitem)
+ [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/Nickkolok/biblatex2bibitem)
## License
LPPL - LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c+, DFSG compat.
## Authors
+ Nikolai Avdeev aka @nickkolok
+ [@odomanov](https://github.com/odomanov/)
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