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 <jay.mccar...@gmail.com>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 <j...@cs.brown.edu> > 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 <j...@cs.byu.edu> > 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 >
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