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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-03-30 22:59:00 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-03-30 22:59:00 +0000
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: faq-biblio.tex,v 1.11 2011/03/08 20:08:01 rf10 Exp $
+% $Id: faq-biblio.tex,v 1.12 2012/02/11 10:14:41 rf10 Exp rf10 $
\section{Bibliographies and citations}
@@ -1049,13 +1049,25 @@ Note that \Package{jurabib} does the job using \LaTeX{}'s standard
footnotes, whereas \Package{footbib} creates its own sequence of
footnotes. Therefore, in a document which has other footnotes, it may
be advisable to use \Package{jurabib} (or of course
-\Package{inlinebib}), to avoid confusion of footnotes and foot-citations.
+\Package{inlinebib}), to avoid confusion of footnotes and
+foot-citations.
+
+The \Package{usebib} package offers a `toolbox', which allows the user
+to place exactly what is needed, in the text (that is, rather than a
+full citation). The package's command, that does the actual
+typesetting, is \cmdinvoke{usebibdata}{\meta{key}}{\meta{field}}; it
+typesets the \emph{field} item from the entry \emph{key} in the
+bibliography; the user then formats the entry as desired~--- obviously
+one could construct one's own bibliography, altogether, from this
+command, but it would quickly become tedious.
\begin{ctanrefs}
\item[bibentry.sty]\emph{Distributed with} \CTANref{natbib}
\item[footbib.sty]\CTANref{footbib}
\item[inlinebib.sty]\CTANref{inlinebib}
\item[jurabib.sty]\CTANref{jurabib}
+\item[usebib.sty]\CTANref{usebib}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2012-03-23}
\Question[Q-citesort]{Sorting and compressing citations}
@@ -1072,15 +1084,17 @@ with the \pkgoption{numbers} and \pkgoption{sort\&compress} options, will
do the same when working with its own numeric bibliography styles
(\File{plainnat.bst} and \File{unsrtnat.bst}).
-Both \Package{cite} and \Package{natbib} will interwork with
-\Package{hyperref}, thus making links to the bibliography for
+The package \Package{biblatex} has a built-in style
+\Package{numeric-comp} for its bibliographies.
\begin{ctanrefs}
+\item[biblatex.sty]\CTANref{biblatex}
\item[cite.sty]\CTANref{cite}
\item[hypernat.sty]\CTANref{hypernat}
\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref}
\item[plainnat.bst]Distributed with \CTANref{natbib}
\item[unsrtnat.bst]Distributed with \CTANref{natbib}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2012-02-10}
\Question[Q-mcite]{Multiple citations}
@@ -1283,14 +1297,20 @@ writes in another language (or who deal with citations in the style of
other disciplines than maths) to strike out into contributed software.
For the user whose language is not English, there are several
-alternatives. The simplest is to provide translations of \BibTeX{}
-styles into the required language: the solitary \Package{finplain.bst}
-does that for Finnish; others one can find are for Danish
-(\Package{dk-bib}), French (\Package{bib-fr}), German
-(\Package{bibgerm}), Norwegian (\Package{norbib}) and Swedish
-(\Package{swebib}) bundles (of which the \Package{bib-fr} set is the
-most extensive). The \Package{spain} style implements a traditional
-Spanish citation style.
+alternatives. Possibly most straightforward is to switch to using
+\Package{biblatex}, which can produce a bibliography appropriate to
+several languages. However, \Package{biblatex} is large and has
+correspondingly large documentation (though it is well-written and
+pleasingly typeset), so its adoption takes time.
+
+Otherwise, the simplest procedure is to provide translations of
+\BibTeX{} styles into the
+required language: the solitary \Package{finplain.bst} does that for
+Finnish; others one can find are for Danish (\Package{dk-bib}), French
+(\Package{bib-fr}), German (\Package{bibgerm}), Norwegian
+(\Package{norbib}) and Swedish (\Package{swebib}) bundles (of which
+the \Package{bib-fr} set is the most extensive). The \Package{spain}
+style implements a traditional Spanish citation style.
These static approaches solve the problem, for the languages that have
been covered by them. Unfortunately, with such an approach, a lot of
@@ -1320,12 +1340,14 @@ freedom via the extensibility of \Package{babelbib}
\item[babelbib.sty]\CTANref{babelbib}
\item[bib-fr \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{bib-fr}
\item[bibgerm \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{bibgerm}
+\item[biblatex.sty]\CTANref{biblatex}
\item[custom-bib \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{custom-bib}
\item[finplain.bst]\CTANref{finplain}
\item[norbib \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{norbib}
\item[spain]\CTANref{spain}
\item[swebib \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{swebib}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2012-03-23}
\Question[Q-formbiblabel]{Format of numbers in the bibliography}