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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/bibtex.man b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/bibtex.man index 9636c633f28..f7c75507ec7 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/bibtex.man +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/bibtex.man @@ -16,15 +16,9 @@ bibtex \- make a bibliography for (La)TeX .SH SYNOPSIS .B bibtex -[ -.BI -min-crossrefs =number -] -[ -.B -terse -] -[ -.I auxname -] +.RB [ \-min-crossrefs=\fInumber\fP ] +.RB [ \-terse ] +.IR auxname [ \fB.aux\fP ] .\"===================================================================== .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete @@ -33,51 +27,47 @@ or manual .IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" . .PP \*(BX reads the top-level auxiliary -.RI ( .aux ) -file that was output during the running of +.RB ( .aux ) +file +.I auxname +that was output during the running of .BR latex (1) or .BR tex (1) and creates a bibliography -.RI ( .bbl ) +.RB ( .bbl ) file that will be incorporated into the document on subsequent runs of -\*(LX or \*(TX. The -.I auxname -on the command line must be given without the -.I .aux -extension. If you don't give the -.IR auxname , -the program prompts you for it. +\*(LX or \*(TX. .PP \*(BX looks up, in bibliographic database -.RI ( .bib ) +.RB ( .bib ) files specified by the \\bibliography command, the entries specified by the \\cite and \\nocite commands in the \*(LX or \*(TX source file. It formats the information from those entries according to instructions in a bibliography style -.RI ( .bst ) +.RB ( .bst ) file (specified by the \\bibliographystyle command, and it outputs the results to the -.I .bbl +.B .bbl file. .PP The \*(LX manual explains what a \*(LX source file must contain to work with \*(BX. Appendix B of the manual describes the format of the -.I .bib +.B .bib files. The `\*(BXing' document describes extensions and details of this format, and it gives other useful hints for using \*(BX. .\"===================================================================== .SH OPTIONS The -.B -min-crossrefs +.B \-min-crossrefs option defines the minimum number of .B crossref required for automatic inclusion of the crossref'd entry on the citation list; the default is two. With the -.B -terse +.B \-terse option, \*(BX operates silently. Without it, a banner and progress reports are printed on .IR stdout . @@ -86,10 +76,10 @@ reports are printed on .SH ENVIRONMENT \*(BX searches the directories in the path defined by the BSTINPUTS environment variable for -.I .bst +.B .bst files. If BSTINPUTS is not set, it uses the system default. For -.I .bib +.B .bib files, it uses the BIBINPUTS environment variable if that is set, otherwise the default. See @@ -101,7 +91,7 @@ TEXMFOUTPUT is set, \*(BX attempts to put its output files in it, if they cannot be put in the current directory. Again, see .BR tex (1). No special searching is done for the -.I .aux +.B .aux file. .\"===================================================================== .SH FILES @@ -127,7 +117,7 @@ template file and documentation for the standard styles All those files should be available somewhere on your system. .PP The host math.utah.edu has a vast collection of -.I .bib +.B .bib files available for anonymous ftp, including references for all the standard \*(TX books and a complete bibliography for TUGboat. .\"===================================================================== |