My best guess now is the description of the
FUNCTION {format.crossref}
{ "" "\crossref" crossref do.out
}
entry on the .bst file. Probably this generates the bad code leading to a
missing \endcsname.
Hans van der Meer
On 27 sep. 2011, at 13:33, Meer, H. van der wrote:
> This does not help. The error is still there. I guess because this doesn't
> add the missing title. I cannot see in the FUNCTION a format.title. But
> somwhere the bibmodule calls it from the proceedings entry.
>
> Hans van der Meer
>
> On 27 sep. 2011, at 12:50, Stefan Müller wrote:
>
>> Maybe one could modify
>>
>> ####################################
>> FUNCTION {inproceedings}
>> { start.entry
>> format.authors
>> format.year
>> format.arttitle
>> crossref missing$
>> { format.in.booktitle.or.series
>> format.number.series
>> "" "\city" address do.out
>> format.pages
>> }
>> { format.incoll.inproc.crossref
>> format.pages
>> }
>> if$
>> "" "\pubname" publisher do.out
>> "" "\organization" organization do.out
>> stop.entry
>> }
>> ####################################
>>
>> to
>>
>> ####################################
>> FUNCTION {inproceedings}
>> { start.entry
>> format.authors
>> format.year
>> format.arttitle
>> format.in.booktitle.or.series
>> format.number.series
>> "" "\city" address do.out
>> format.pages
>> format.incoll.inproc.crossref
>> "" "\pubname" publisher do.out
>> "" "\organization" organization do.out
>> stop.entry
>> }
>> ####################################
>>
>> in cont-*.bst? I don't know if this would cause any trouble...
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>> On 27.09.2011 12:35, Meer, H. van der wrote:
>>> Yes, we are having the two faces same problem, I guess.
>>> The fact is that \booktitle in the crossref'ed publication should be
>>> processed as a \title item in the citatation crossreff'd. The error in my
>>> case boils down to the fact that the title-entry is called without being
>>> actually present.
>>>
>>> With the missing \title sofar I have nailed it down to macro \bibgetvart#1
>>> from the following bbl entry:
>>>
>>> \startpublication[k=campbell:92,t=inproceedings,
>>> a={{Campbell},{Wiener}},y=1992,
>>> .. (no \title)
>>> \stoppublication
>>>
>>> and log printing in the log from the modified macro:
>>> \def\bibgetvart#1{\writestatus{ERROR}{Parameter<#1> on bibgetvart
>>> \expandafter\string\csname pbd:#1\endcsname}\csname
>>> pbd:#1\endcsname\plussix}%
>>>
>>> I find the log:
>>> ERROR> Parameter<campbell:92> on bibgetvart \pbd:campbell:92
>>> ERROR> Parameter<> on bibgetvart \pbd:
>>> ! Missing \endcsname inserted.
>>>
>>> Thus the missing \title thus seems to result in extra call to a
>>> bibliography entry that does not exist.
>>> This is about as far as I am at the moment in analyzing the problem.
>>>
>>> Hans van der Meer
>>>
>>>
>>> On 27 sep. 2011, at 12:09, Stefan Müller wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I think this is related to my message from yesterday [1]. The "booktitle"
>>>> key is ignored in "inproceedings" entries when "crossref" is present. See
>>>> the following excerpt from cont-ab.bst:
>>>>
>>>> ####################################
>>>> FUNCTION {inproceedings}
>>>> { start.entry
>>>> format.authors
>>>> format.year
>>>> format.arttitle
>>>> crossref missing$
>>>> { format.in.booktitle.or.series
>>>> format.number.series
>>>> "" "\city" address do.out
>>>> format.pages
>>>> }
>>>> { format.incoll.inproc.crossref
>>>> format.pages
>>>> }
>>>> if$
>>>> "" "\pubname" publisher do.out
>>>> "" "\organization" organization do.out
>>>> stop.entry
>>>> }
>>>> ####################################
>>>>
>>>> So "title" is not set in the .bbl file. Good to know that I'm not the
>>>> only one who's having trouble with that.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't know what I should expect when using "crossref", so I decided to
>>>> not mind the missing booktitle. But it would still be nice (as seen in
>>>> your example) if the actual citation style could decide whether or not to
>>>> use "booktitle" aka "title".
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Stefan.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20110926.093110.8bc078f6.en.html
>>>>
>>>> On 27.09.2011 10:41, Meer, H. van der wrote:
>>>>> Step by step I am able to dig deeper in the problem. The fact that it
>>>>> used to work but now doesn't may well be connected with the fact that the
>>>>> booktitle in those cases came from a "crossref =" item in the bib file.
>>>>> Could it be the \crossref{} macro is not recognized any longer by the
>>>>> ConTeXt bib module?
>>>>>
>>>>> In file bibl-tra.mkiv I encounter the following comment:
>>>>> %D \macros{bib@crossref}
>>>>> %D
>>>>> %D \type{\crossref} is used in database files to point to another
>>>>> %D entry. Because of this special situation, it has to be defined
>>>>> %D separately. Since this command will not be seen until at
>>>>> %D \type{\placepublications}, it may force extra runs. The same is
>>>>> %D true for \type{\cite} commands inside of publications.
>>>>>
>>>>> In typesetting the citation in the footnote I am solely using cite, not
>>>>> "\placepublications".
>>>>> Does someone know why earlier the \crossref worked and now obviously has
>>>>> been switched "out of the loop"?
>>>>> Is there another way to force these crossref's to be carried out?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hans van der Meer
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27 sep. 2011, at 10:07, Meer, H. van der wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> An addtionial remark here: in the .bib file this is caused by a missing
>>>>>> "book title".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 27 sep. 2011, at 10:03, Hans van der Meer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Recently I reported the following problem:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 25 sep. 2011, at 19:58, H. van der Meer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I used the following macro for typsetting literature references in
>>>>>>>> footnotes. It worked without problems until now, but then I didn't use
>>>>>>>> the bib module for some time.
>>>>>>>> It looks like a problem has crept in with the<inproceedings> type.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The error message:
>>>>>>>> <to be read again>
>>>>>>>> \pbd:
>>>>>>>> \bibgetvart #1->\csname pbd:#1\endcsname
>>>>>>>> \plussix
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Digging into the code I finally was able to nail the problem: the
>>>>>>> offending citation being of type "t=inproceedings" was missing the
>>>>>>> "title" item. Then I observe a call with #1 in bibgetvart empty,
>>>>>>> somehow leading to a missing \endcsname error message.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Obviously earlier this wasn't a problem but now is. I guess because the
>>>>>>> code changed since my previous work on the project.
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