If this is a desired interface, then I should expose the 'generate-bib' function, because the whole thing is fairly useless without it. Should I do that?
Jay On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Robby Findler <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems to me that I'd want to use those other functions so that I can > write new citations with 'make-bib' but still keep old citations around that > I've not yet translated. No? > > Robby > > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Jay McCarthy <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Your bib database is fine. You're just using the library wrong. >> >> The only interface you should use is 'define-bibtex-cite'. The ~cite >> and citet functions that are generated create the 'bib' structure for >> entries in the BibTex database as you use them. They are then cached >> in bibdb-bibs (because autobib requires them to be eq on different >> uses.) >> >> The other functions/structures are just documented in case someone >> wants to process BibTex files for some purpose other than using them >> in Scribble documents. >> >> At the time I wrote this, define-cite had no options. I've updated the >> define-bibtex-cite to support given options to define-cite. This >> should allow you to use the #:style option with define-bibtex-cite. >> >> Jay >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Joe Gibbs Politz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi! I'm trying to use path->bibdb and/or bibtex-parse on a bibtex file, >> > and >> > I'm getting a bibdb where bibdb-raw looks good, but bibdb-bibs is an >> > empty >> > hash. I'm not missing some initialization step, am I? Am I supposed to >> > be >> > constructing the bib structs on my own or something? A little >> > confused... >> > >> > (Note: Alternatively, if I could use #:number-style with >> > define-bibtex-cite, >> > I'd be all set as well, because *that* seems to parse and generate the >> > right >> > bibliography and ~cite works, but doesn't format the citations the way I >> > want.) >> > >> > Code: >> > >> > ====== >> > #lang racket/base >> > >> > (require scriblib/autobib scriblib/bibtex) >> > >> > (provide generate-bib ~cite) >> > >> > (define-cite _~cite citet generate-bib #:style number-style) >> > >> > (define db (bibtex-parse (open-input-file "joe.bib"))) >> > >> > (define (~cite key) >> > (_~cite (hash-ref (bibdb-bibs db) key (λ () (error 'cite (format "No >> > bib >> > entry: ~a\n" key)))))) >> > >> > ====== >> > >> >> (bibdb-bibs db) >> > #hash() >> >> (bibdb-raw db) >> > '#hash((... lots of stuff ...)) >> > >> > >> > Here's joe.bib (could certainly be ill-formed, I notice some encoding >> > issues >> > viewing it in my browser, but I use it with bibtex just fine. Maybe >> > some >> > sadness in the formatting is causing a bad parse? But I'd expect an >> > error >> > message if that's the case...) >> > >> > http://cs.brown.edu/~joe/public/joe.bib >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > ____________________ >> > Racket Users list: >> > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jay McCarthy <[email protected]> >> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University >> http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay >> >> "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93 >> >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > > -- Jay McCarthy <[email protected]> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93 ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
