From: Thompson,Paul <Paul.Thompson@SanfordHealth.org> - 2014-07-18 22:23:00
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I have run into the issue of coordinating biber and biblatex. To the best of my understanding, MikTeX does not supply biber (which I wish that it would). I install a new version of biblatex, and then I need to find the correct version of biber. Any thoughts about making this easier? Paul A. Thompson ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain privileged and confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. |
From: Colin M. <col...@ca...> - 2014-07-18 22:49:28
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Good question. Has anyone yet written better instructions for using biber and biblatex than what biber and biblatex provide as documentation? Colin On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Thompson,Paul < Pau...@sa...> wrote: > I have run into the issue of coordinating biber and biblatex. To the best > of my understanding, MikTeX does not supply biber (which I wish that it > would). I install a new version of biblatex, and then I need to find the > correct version of biber. Any thoughts about making this easier? > > Paul A. Thompson > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > privileged and confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy > all copies of the original message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: Thompson,Paul <Paul.Thompson@SanfordHealth.org> - 2014-07-18 23:08:56
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I went and found that MikTeX DOES include biber, if you are using MikTeX 2.9, which I am. It turns out that there is a complete 2.9 and an incomplete 2.9. So, I am installing the COMPLETE 2.9, and we will see if that does it. I have been a LaTeX user since 1983, but this is a frustrating part about the system. MikTeX has done good things about coordination, but it is not seamless yet. -----Original Message----- From: Colin McLarty [mailto:col...@ca...] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 5:49 PM To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions. Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] biber and biblatex Good question. Has anyone yet written better instructions for using biber and biblatex than what biber and biblatex provide as documentation? Colin On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Thompson,Paul < Pau...@sa...> wrote: > I have run into the issue of coordinating biber and biblatex. To the > best of my understanding, MikTeX does not supply biber (which I wish > that it would). I install a new version of biblatex, and then I need > to find the correct version of biber. Any thoughts about making this easier? > > Paul A. Thompson > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain privileged and confidential information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? > Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black > Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest > code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ MiKTeX-Users mailing list MiK...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain privileged and confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. |
From: Ulrike F. <li...@ni...> - 2014-07-19 09:27:46
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Am Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:53:01 +0000 schrieb Thompson,Paul: > I went and found that MikTeX DOES include biber, if you are using > MikTeX 2.9, which I am. It turns out that there is a complete 2.9 > and an incomplete 2.9. So, I am installing the COMPLETE 2.9, and > we will see if that does it. biber is in the 32bit version of miktex 2.9 (the recommend download) but imho still not in the 64bit version (http://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/feature-requests/310/). If you have miktex 64bit you can download the current biber binary (biber-MSWIN.zip in the 1.9 branch for biblatex 2.9) here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/1.9/binaries/Windows/ Unpack the zip and put the exe somewhere in your path. If the version number of biblatex changes you will have to get a new biber too. -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ |
From: <Ber...@ma...> - 2014-07-20 18:42:50
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Personnally, I downloaded the MiKTeX 32-bit package (miktex-biber-bin.tar.lzma), un-tar.lzma-ed it at the root of my Local TeXMF tree, ran ‘Refresh FNDB’, and it works quite fine. B. Alfonsi Ulrike Fischer <li...@ni...> a écrit : > Am Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:53:01 +0000 schrieb Thompson,Paul: > >> I went and found that MikTeX DOES include biber, if you are using >> MikTeX 2.9, which I am. It turns out that there is a complete 2.9 >> and an incomplete 2.9. So, I am installing the COMPLETE 2.9, and >> we will see if that does it. > > biber is in the 32bit version of miktex 2.9 (the recommend download) > but imho still not in the 64bit version > (http://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/feature-requests/310/). > > If you have miktex 64bit you can download the current biber binary > (biber-MSWIN.zip in the 1.9 branch for biblatex 2.9) here: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/1.9/binaries/Windows/ > > Unpack the zip and put the exe somewhere in your path. > > If the version number of biblatex changes you will have to get a new > biber too. > > -- > Ulrike Fischer > http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users |
From: Flynn, P. <pf...@uc...> - 2014-07-21 10:01:10
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On 19/07/14 00:10, Thompson,Paul wrote: > I went and found that MikTeX DOES include biber, if you are using MikTeX 2.9, which I am. It turns out that there is a complete 2.9 and an incomplete 2.9. So, I am installing the COMPLETE 2.9, and we will see if that does it. I always recommend in documentation that people install the full version. In this day and age, I think users' hard disks are likely to be big enough. I wish MiKTeX would make it the default (if it's not by now). ///Peter -- XML FAQ: http://xml.silmaril.ie/ |
From: Flynn, P. <pf...@uc...> - 2014-07-21 10:03:03
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On 18/07/14 23:50, Colin McLarty wrote: > Good question. Has anyone yet written better instructions for using biber > and biblatex than what biber and biblatex provide as documentation? Thanks for the nudge: I'm about to embark on a complete revision of Formatting Information, and I am thinking of replacing the bibtex recommendation with biblatex, or maybe both: the problem seems to be that there are still LOTS of formats which are only available in bibtex .bst files. ///Peter -- Peter Flynn | Academic & Collaborative Technologies | University College Cork IT Services | ☎ +353 21 490 2609 | ✉ pf...@uc... | 🌍 www.ucc.ie |
From: Colin M. <col...@ca...> - 2014-07-21 12:08:31
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Last time I checked a lot of journal would not accept biblatex. That was 3 years ago. Is it more widely accepted now? Colin On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:02 AM, Flynn, Peter <pf...@uc...> wrote: > On 18/07/14 23:50, Colin McLarty wrote: > > Good question. Has anyone yet written better instructions for using > biber > > and biblatex than what biber and biblatex provide as documentation? > > Thanks for the nudge: I'm about to embark on a complete revision of > Formatting Information, and I am thinking of replacing the bibtex > recommendation with biblatex, or maybe both: the problem seems to be > that there are still LOTS of formats which are only available in bibtex > .bst files. > > ///Peter > -- > Peter Flynn | Academic & Collaborative Technologies | University College > Cork IT Services | ☎ +353 21 490 2609 | ✉ pf...@uc... | 🌍 www.ucc.ie > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: Ulrike F. <li...@ni...> - 2014-07-21 14:59:20
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Am Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:02:52 +0000 schrieb Flynn, Peter: > the problem seems to be that there are still LOTS of formats which > are only available in bibtex .bst files. I doubt that there exist a bst-style that you can't reproduce in biblatex in a few hours. -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ |
From: Flynn, P. <pf...@uc...> - 2014-07-21 15:39:46
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On 21/07/14 16:01, Ulrike Fischer wrote: > Am Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:02:52 +0000 schrieb Flynn, Peter: > >> the problem seems to be that there are still LOTS of formats which >> are only available in bibtex .bst files. > > I doubt that there exist a bst-style that you can't reproduce in > biblatex in a few hours. *Me*, sure. But I can't expect the end-user to do that. ///Peter -- Peter Flynn | Academic & Collaborative Technologies | University College Cork IT Services | ☎ +353 21 490 2609 | ✉ pf...@uc... | 🌍 www.ucc.ie |
From: Ulrike F. <li...@ni...> - 2014-07-21 16:51:37
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Am Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:39:36 +0000 schrieb Flynn, Peter: >>> the problem seems to be that there are still LOTS of formats which >>> are only available in bibtex .bst files. >> I doubt that there exist a bst-style that you can't reproduce in >> biblatex in a few hours. > *Me*, sure. But I can't expect the end-user to do that. I don't expect end-users to write or adapt bst-files either. It is the job of the journal or the university or the department to do this. -- And they could easily switch to biblatex (and save themselves and their authors and students a lot of time) if they wouldn't create each their own special reference style but simply choose one standard style. -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ |
From: Flynn, P. <pf...@uc...> - 2014-07-22 08:23:52
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On 21/07/14 17:53, Ulrike Fischer wrote: > Am Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:39:36 +0000 schrieb Flynn, Peter: > > >>>> the problem seems to be that there are still LOTS of formats which >>>> are only available in bibtex .bst files. > >>> I doubt that there exist a bst-style that you can't reproduce in >>> biblatex in a few hours. > >> *Me*, sure. But I can't expect the end-user to do that. > > I don't expect end-users to write or adapt bst-files either. It is > the job of the journal or the university or the department to do > this. -- And they could easily switch to biblatex (and save > themselves and their authors and students a lot of time) if they > wouldn't create each their own special reference style but simply > choose one standard style. Indeed, that would be wonderful. ///Peter -- Peter Flynn | Academic & Collaborative Technologies | University College Cork IT Services | ☎ +353 21 490 2609 | ✉ pf...@uc... | 🌍 www.ucc.ie |