here is he path as I would describe it
hd/user/stefan/Dokumente/Bibliographien/BibDesk/testbib
does
\bibliography{~/Dokumente/Bibliographien/BibDesk/testbib}
work?
Another possibility here would be to try to put the bib file in the
texmf tree. Since Jess was able to figure out where to put the
biblatex files, it ought now to be relatively easy to put the bib
file there, too.
In this case I preferred not to put the folder there as I need to use
the bib-file for various items. I would also be afraid of loss when
updating or so.
But this could be a neat method in some cases.
Jess: Open a terminal and type:
kpsepath bib
You should get a bunch of data back that looks more or less like:
/home/rgheck/files/bibtex::.:!!/home/rgheck/.texmf-config/bibtex/
bib//:
!!/home/rgheck/.texmf-var/bibtex/bib//:/home/rgheck/texmf/bibtex/
bib//:
!!/usr/share/texmf-config/bibtex/bib//:!!/usr/share/texmf-var/
bibtex/bib//:
!!/usr/local/share/texmf/bibtex/bib//:!!/usr/share/texmf/bibtex/
bib//:
!!/usr/share/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib//
It´s looking mor or less like this.
This is telling you where TeX will look for your bib files. (For
this purpose, ignore the !!.) You can put your bibfiles in any of
the directories that are listed.
Into any? Seems simple the.
If the directory is preceded by !!, then you will definitely need to
run texhash
I still don´t know what this is.
in order for TeX to find the files, but in that case you can put
them in subdirectories of those directories, too. Probably the best
choice will be the texmf folder under your "home" directory. In my
case, that's /home/rgheck/texmf/bibtex/bib/.
Then I would not need to run "texhash"?
Here is my texmf-folder:
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf
Thanks, best*
Jess
