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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-biblatex.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-biblatex.html index 2b694e6a089..ef6c25db193 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-biblatex.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-biblatex.html @@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ likely inextensible); and specialist BibTeX style files are available for use in non-technical papers. <p/>BibTeX uses a style language whose mechanisms are unfamiliar to most current programmers: it’s difficult to learn, but since there are -fewer opportunities to write the language, it’s also difficult to become +few opportunities to write the language, it’s also difficult to become fluent (in the way that so many people fluently write the equally arcane TeX macro language). <p/>Oren Patashnik (the author of BibTeX) summarises the issues as he sees them, in a <a href="http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-1/patashnik.pdf">TUG conference paper from 2003</a> that seems to suggest that we might expect a -BibTeX 1.0...which hasn’t (yet) appeared. +BibTeX 1.0…which hasn’t (yet) appeared. <p/>In the absence of BibTeX 1.0, what do we need from the bibliography system of the future? — simple: a superset of what BibTeX does (or can be made to do), implemented in a simpler style language, with @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ to watch. <p/>Two interesting alternative approaches, that the author has investigated, are <i>amsrefs</i> and <i>biblatex</i>. <i>Amsrefs</i> does away with BibTeX altogether, while -<i>biblatex</i> makes rather limited use of BibTeX. Both are -heavily dependent on LaTeX’s support. +<i>biblatex</i> (at least for now) makes rather limited use of +BibTeX. Both are heavily dependent on LaTeX’s support. <p/><i>Amsrefs</i> uses a transformed <code>.bib</code> file, which is expressed as LaTeX macros. (The package provides a BibTeX style that performs the transformation, so that a LaTeX source containing @@ -64,23 +64,23 @@ appeared, which cover some of the trickier bibliography styles. The road map of the project shows one more <em>beta</em> release before the “stable” <i>biblatex</i> 1.0. <p/>A related project is -<a href="http://biblatex-biber.sourceforge.net/"><i>biber</a></i> (or -<i>biblatex-biber</i>, to distinguish it from an older, defunct, -BibTeX replacement project). <i>Biber</i> is a -<i>Perl</i>-based system to produce a BibTeX replacement that -is specifically tuned to the requirements of <i>biblatex</i>. -While it supports ‘traditional’ BibTeX, <i>biber</i> aims at an -interface language that is closely tuned to the requirements of -<i>biblatex</i>, including use of a Unicode-based character set to -ease the generation multilingual citations. +<a href="http://biblatex-biber.sourceforge.net/"><i>biber</a></i> +(it’s called <i>biblatex-biber</i> on SourceForge simply to +distinguish it from an older, defunct, BibTeX replacement +project). <i>Biber</i> is a <i>Perl</i>-based system to +produce a BibTeX replacement that is specifically tuned to the +requirements of <i>biblatex</i>. While it supports the +‘traditional’ BibTeX interface, <i>biber</i> provides an +interface language designed for <i>biblatex</i>, including use of +Unicode to ease the generation of multilingual citations. <dl> -<dt><tt><i>amsrefs.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/amsrefs.zip">macros/latex/contrib/amsrefs</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/amsrefs/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>biblatex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex.zip">macros/latex/exptl/biblatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>biblatex contributions</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivemacros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/">macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/</a> -<dt><tt><i>CrossTeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivebiblio/crosstex/">biblio/crosstex/</a> +<dt><tt><i>amsrefs.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/amsrefs.zip">macros/latex/contrib/amsrefs</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/amsrefs/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>biblatex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex.zip">macros/latex/exptl/biblatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>biblatex contributions</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/">macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/</a> +<dt><tt><i>CrossTeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/biblio/crosstex/">biblio/crosstex/</a> </dl> -<p/> -<p/> +<p/><p/> -<p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=biblatex">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=biblatex</a> + +<p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=biblatex">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=biblatex</a> </body> |