Re: Bibtex style files

It is perhaps also possible to check whether you get the same error with 
TeXmacs. If it works with TeXmacs, you can file a bug report for Mogan 
and the developers will figure it out :-)

On 17/12/23 13:37, Giovanni Piredda wrote:
>
> 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
>>>>
>>>>