Re: Bibtex style files

If you do not mind putting the hands inside the code, I would uncomment 
line 348 of progs/database/bib-manage.scm, which in the commented state is

;;(display* "Compile " style ", " names ", " bib-files "\n")

and then see what TeXmacs displays in the terminal when updating your 
bibliography (make a backup copy of bib-manage.scm if you think it is 
good to have one :-) ).

The output should be

Compile acs, (list of references), <tree of bib files>

I think you have to restart TeXmacs for your change to have an effect.

Giovanni



On 17/12/23 04:08, Bimal Gaudel wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>