Re: Bibtex style files

Since that output looks ok (to me), I would debug step by step by adding 
some display statements in the code. I think this is best done in the 
forum (forum.texmacs.cn) rather than in the mailing list. So if you want 
open a thread there and we can try. Maybe in your program line 328 , 
(bib-generate prefix (string-drop style 3) doc)), runs (I do not yet 
know whether it should or not) your style variable is "acs" and dropping 
3 characters it becomes the empty string.

Of course someone else may have a better idea.

Giovanni

On 17/12/23 13:16, Bimal Gaudel wrote:
>
> Thank you for following up.
>
> I got this (I truncated the citation keys inside the parentheses):
>
> |TeXmacs] Generating bibliography [bib, acs, ] Compile acs, 
> ("bellman1957" ...), (<url 
> /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/misc/bib/texmacs.bib>) 
> ;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, ] Compile acs, ("bellman1957" ...), (<url 
> /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/misc/bib/texmacs.bib>) 
> ;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, ] Compile acs, 
> ("bellman1957" ...), (<url 
> /Applications/Mogan.app/Contents/Resources/share/Xmacs/misc/bib/texmacs.bib>) 
> ;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 Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 6:24 AM Giovanni Piredda <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>     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
>>>
>>>