Re: Bibtex style files

I figured out that TEXMACS_HOME_PATH/system/bib is considered when looking
for .bst files. I put the acs.bst file in that directory. Running TeXMacs
(technically Mogan but I believe that is irrelevant) from the terminal, I
encountered the following. Looks like a bug in source code (bib-manage.scm).
Unfortunately, I do not (yet) know Scheme. I am relying on you folks’ mercy.

TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ]

;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string
; (string->symbol style)                     ; style: ""
; ((string->symbol style))
; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ...
; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf...

TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ]

;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string
;    (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex...
;    /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/progs/database/bib-manage.scm,
line 300, position: 11855
; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex (string->sy... ; style: "", prefix: "bib"
;                                              doc: (document
(bib-entry "article" ...
; ((string->symbol style))
; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ...
; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf...

TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ]

;string->symbol argument, "", is a string but should be a non-null string
;    (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex...
;    /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/progs/database/bib-manage.scm,
line 300, position: 11855
; (let ((m (list-values 'bibtex (string->sy... ; style: "", prefix: "bib"
;                                              doc: (document
(bib-entry "article" ...
; ((string->symbol style))
; ((r (cpp-get-preference which (if s? def ...
; ((inclusions-gc) (wait-update-current-buf...

Bimal

On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 4:11 PM Giovanni Piredda <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On 16/12/23 21:17, Bimal Gaudel wrote:
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> How to make sure that bibtex/biblatex is available for TeXMacs? I do have
> it in my path as seen from the output of  `which bibtex` within my shell
> (zsh).
>
>
> I think that if you have it in your path, it is enough. The error that you
> get when trying biblatex _might_ be misleading. In my test with the acs
> style that you posted, it did not work when I put acs.bst under
>
> ${TexMacs user directory}/progs/bibtex, but it worked when I put it in the
> local TeX directory (bibtex/bst subdirectory). Maybe someone more expert
> can confirm/correct.
>
> Also, if it still does not work, the error messages that possibly appear
> in the terminal might be helpful (you have to run TeXmacs from the
> terminal).
>
> Giovanni
>
>
> I am not sure if this is enough because when I tried `biblatex` for the
> conversion of BibTeX from TeXMacs, I got the error that says: bibtex not
> installed on my system, defaulting to integrated style.
>
> Bimal
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 12:18 PM Giovanni Piredda <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 16/12/23 05:10, Bimal Gaudel wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I copied that to ${TexMacs user directory}/progs/bibtex/acs.bst
>> >
>> >
>> It might be that the style file goes into the personal bibtex directory,
>> which you get exempli gratia in texlive as explained in
>> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2018-March/041211.html
>>
>> I tried the TEXMFLOCAL directory and issued the texhash command and it
>> worked. For issuing the texhash command I had to sudo it and also
>> specify its full path. Perhaps TEXMFHOME is easier.
>>
>> Giovanni
>>
>>
>>