Dear ConText Users
Being an age-old LaTeX user I thought I should give ConText a try.
But then I stumbled over the first problem when trying to use BibTeX:
Crossrefs don't seem to work properly.
- the work that uses a crossref is listed incompletely
in the publication list
- the crossref'd work itself isn't included at all.
I haven't found a solution on the web.
* * *
Details.
I have a source file (cut for the relevant parts):
-- start of content.tex --
\environment mainsetup
\version[concept]
\starttext
Es wird eine \quotation{Übersichtliche Darstellung} angestrebt (vgl.
\cite[wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen]\ §~132, S.~304f.).
\completepublications
\stoptext
-- end of content.tex --
The setup file is in the directory above (for use in multiple docs, as
suggested in the ConText documentation):
-- start of mainsetup.tex --
\enableregime[utf]
\usemodule[bib]
\setuppublications[alternative=aps]
\setuppublications[sorttype=bbl]
\setupbibtex
[database={~/Textsammlung/Central},
sort=author]
\setupheadtext[de][pubs=Literatur]
\startenvironment mainsetup
\setupbodyfont[11pt]
\mainlanguage[de]
\stopenvironment
-- end of mainsetup.tex --
The relevant part of the Central.bib is this (in this order, BibTeX
expexts uses of crossrefs to appear before the resp. crossref'd entry):
-- start of Central.bib --
@STRING{cy-fm = "Frankfurt (Main)"}
@STRING{pb-skp = "Suhrkamp"}
@STRING{wittgenstein = "Wittgenstein, Ludwig"}
@incollection{wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen,
Crossref = {wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe},
Edition = 11,
Note = {Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte},
Pages = {225-580},
Title = {Philosophische Untersuchungen},
Volume = 1,
Year = 1997
}
@book{wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe,
Address = cy-fm,
Author = wittgenstein,
Booktitle = {Werkausgabe},
Isbn = 3518099884,
Publisher = pb-skp,
Title = {Werkausgabe},
Year = 1984
}
-- end of Central.bib --
The PDF output file after
% texexec --pdf content
% bibtext content
% texexec --pdf content
yields something like (characters may be distrupted due to conversion
from UTF-8):
-- start of content.pdf rendered as plain text --
Es wird eine "Übersichtliche Darstellung" der relevanten Begriffe
angestrebt (vgl. [1] § 132, S. 304f.).
Literatur
1 L. WittgensteinIn [??], p. 225-580. Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim
Schulte.
-- end of context.pdf --
A hint to the solution for an expert could be the bbl file. Note that
the order of the entries is turned around:
-- start of content.bbl --
\startpublication[k=wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe,t=book,
a={Wittgenstein},y=1984,
n=141,s=Wit84]
\author[]{Ludwig}[L.]{}{Wittgenstein}
\pubyear{1984}
\title{Werkausgabe}
\isbn{3518099884}
\city{Frankfurt (Main)}
\pubname{Suhrkamp}
\stoppublication
\startpublication[k=wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen,t=incollec%
tion,
a={Wittgenstein},y=1997,
n=140,s=Wit97]
\artauthor[]{Ludwig}[L.]{}{Wittgenstein}
\pubyear{1997}
\arttitle{Philosophische untersuchungen}
\crossref{wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe}
\pages{225-580}
\pages{225-580}
\pubname{Suhrkamp}
\note{Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte}
\stoppublication
-- end of content.bbl --
So:
- The reference as such is found correctly.
- The entry in the References has <note> and <pages>
but not <title>, <edition> and <volume>, and <year>.
- The crossreference is not properly processed.
(and, actually, multiple pages should produce "pp." not "p.")
It should be something like
1 L. Wittgenstein (1984) Werkausgabe. Frankfurt (Main): Suhrkamp.
2 L. Wittgenstein (1997) Philosophische Untersuchungen. In [1], Bd. 1,
S. 225-580. Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte.
(If ordered by author first, then year. Note also that in \language[de]
"vol." should be "Bd." and "p." be "S.".)
Coding for all files is UTF-8, things works as it they should in LaTeX.
Any ideas of what to do or hints where to find more info?
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Additional question: what is the best way to generate the bbl file in
the project directory? (I use "Central.bib" for all my documents).
Using
% texexec mainsetup
in the projects directory produces many unnecessary files (e.g. a dvi
file) as it is only meant as a setup file.
* * *
I general, I like ConText. Strangely, it plays well with my mindset, as
does the whole layout orientation with my taste.
However, proper bibliography processing is a "killer feature" for me --
I have virtually no document whithout references. (I wonder, what the
direction of the ConText development here is; arguably, odd old BibTeX
has reached an end of its history and support for more modern and
complete, e.g. XML-based formats would be preferable (say, MODS) --
considering the seeminly nice XML support that is already there.)
Cheers & Thanks in advance!
Ulf Martin
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