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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-i18nbib.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-i18nbib.html index 98ad3d8d427..23bcf613040 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-i18nbib.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-i18nbib.html @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label i18nbib</title> </head><body> <h3>Non-english bibliographies</h3> -<p/>Like so much of early (La)TeX software, BibTeX’s assumptions were +<p/>Like so much of early (La)TeX software, BibTeX’s assumptions were firmly rooted in what its author knew well, viz., academic papers in -English (particularly those with a mathematical bent). BibTeX’s +English (particularly those with a mathematical bent). BibTeX’s standard styles all address exactly that problem, leaving the user who writes in another language (or who deal with citations in the style of other disciplines than maths) to strike out into contributed software. @@ -20,24 +20,24 @@ Spanish citation style. <p/>These static approaches solve the problem, for the languages that have been covered by them. Unfortunately, with such an approach, a lot of work is needed for every language involved. Two routes to a solution -of the “general” problem are available — that offered by +of the “general” problem are available — that offered by <i>babelbib</i>, and the <a href="FAQ-custbib.html"><i>custom-bib</i> mechanism for generating styles</a>. <p/><i>Babelbib</i> (which is a development of the ideas of the <i>bibgerm</i> package) co-operates with <i>babel</i> to control the language of presentation of citations (potentially at the level of individual items). The package has a built-in set of languages it -‘knows about’, but the documentation includes instructions on defining +‘knows about’, but the documentation includes instructions on defining commands for other languages. <i>Babelbib</i> comes with its own set of bibliography styles, which could be a restriction if there -wasn’t also a link from <i>custom-bib</i>. +wasn’t also a link from <i>custom-bib</i>. <p/>The <i>makebst</i> menu of <i>custom-bib</i> allows you to -choose a language for the BibTeX style you’re generating (there are +choose a language for the BibTeX style you’re generating (there are 14 languages to choose; it looks as if <i>spain.bst</i>, mentioned above, was generated this way). If, however, you opt not to specify a language, you are asked whether you want the style to interact with -<i>babelbib</i>; if you do so, you’re getting the best of both -worlds — formatting freedom from <i>custom-bib</i> and linguistic +<i>babelbib</i>; if you do so, you’re getting the best of both +worlds — formatting freedom from <i>custom-bib</i> and linguistic freedom via the extensibility of <i>babelbib</i> <dl> <dt><tt><i>babelbib.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib.zip">biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/contrib/babelbib/">browse the directory</a>) |