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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-custbib.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-custbib.html deleted file mode 100644 index 2a4f50df3a7..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-custbib.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label custbib</title> -</head><body> -<h3>Creating a bibliography style</h3> -<p/>It <em>is</em> possible to write your own: the standard bibliography -styles are distributed in a form with many comments, and there is a description -of the language in the BibTeX distribution (see -<a href="FAQ-BibTeXing.html">BibTeX documentation</a>). -However, it must be admitted that the language in which BibTeX -styles are written is pretty obscure, and one would not recommend -anyone who’s not a confident programmer to write their own, though -minor changes to an existing style may be within the grasp of many. -<p/>If your style isn’t too ‘far out’, you can probably generate it by -using the facilities of the <i>custom-bib</i> bundle. This -contains a file <i>makebst.tex</i>, which runs you through a text menu -to produce a file of instructions, with which you can generate your -own <code>.bst</code> file. This technique doesn’t offer entirely new styles -of document, but the system’s “master BibTeX styles” already -offer significantly more than the BibTeX standard set. -<p/>An alternative, which is increassingly often recommended, to use -<a href="FAQ-biblatex.html"><i>biblatex</i></a>. <i>Biblatex</i> offers -many hooks for adjusting the format of the output of your ‘basic’ -BibTeX style, and a collection of ‘contributed’ styles have also -started to appear. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>biblatex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex.zip">macros/latex/contrib/biblatex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>biblatex contributed styles</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib">macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib</a> -<dt><tt><i>BibTeX documentation</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/base.zip">biblio/bibtex/base</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/biblio/bibtex/base/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/bibtex.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>makebst.tex</i></tt><dd>Distributed with <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib.zip">macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/custom-bib.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=custbib">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=custbib</a> -</body> |