John. Thank you for a most informative and useful post. Using your method I've just created the "cat.org" with 14 bibliographic records! I've amended it slightly, which I'll document in line. John Hendy writes: > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Sharon Kimble > wrote: >> Eric S Fraga writes: >> > > [...] > >>> >>>> and this is the bibliography file >>>> @Article{, >>> >>> change this line to >>> >>> @Article{1, >>> >>> although I would recommend a more description label personally... >> >> I've set it up with the articles author and year, but it is still >> failing. I'm attaching the original org file, the generated tex and >> pdf, and the bib file. Hopefully this will help find a solution? > > I've been following this from a distance, as I'm interested in > eventually getting into this. I would kindly ask that you slow down > your pace, check things over, and proceed *simply* to solve your > problem. Eric advocated using @Article{1, ... > > Without ever having used biblatex, I immediately wondered whether a > comma delimited bibliography would tolerate: > > @Article{MacRae K, et al;2002, ... > > The answer is that it will not. You also have multiple lines loading > the same package: > > #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{biblatex} > #+LATEX_HEADER: > \usepackage[citestyle=authoryear-icomp,bibstyle=authoryear,hyperref=true,backref=true,maxcitenames=3,url=true,backend=biber,natbib=true]{biblatex} > # #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage[backend=bibtex,style=verbose]{biblatex} > > Lastly, I would highly suggest limiting your requests for help to > extremely simple examples. For example, remove packages that do not > affect the behavior of the problem, such as bussproofs, babel, > fancyhdr, etc. > > I was able to get your file working via the following method: > > - Modified cat.bib: > > @Article{1, > author = {MacRae K. Pattison J.}, > title = {Home chemotherapy.}, > journaltitle = {Nursing Times}, > year = {2002}, > key = {1}, > volume = {98}, > number = {35}, > pages = {34-35}, > } > > - Modified/shortened/simplified cat.org: > > # -*- mode:org; mode:reftex; indent-tabs-mode:nil; tab-width:2 -*- > #+OPTIONS: toc:nil num:nil ^:{} > #+TITLE: Cat on the mat - 2014 > #+AUTHOR: Sharon Kimble & Sarah ? > #+LATEX_CLASS: article > #+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [a4paper] > #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage[backend=biber,style=verbose,style=numeric]{biblatex} > #+LaTeX_HEADER: \bibliography{/home/jwhendy/Downloads/cat.bib} %%% <- > change this path > #+LaTeX_HEADER: \bibliography{cat > > > * Chapter 1 > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy > nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.\cite{1} > > * Bibliography > \printbibliography > > Note that you needed to load biblatex before your bibliography (which > you sort of did, but then re-loaded it with a bunch of options and > then perhaps again at the end depending on how Org deals with the # > symbol before #+ lines. You can tweak the options to biblatex however > you'd like; I just simplified a bit to single down to one line loading > it. > > \bibliography needed to call the file cat, not bibliography. > > In addition, I had to run C-c C-e l p to export to latex, then check > the buffer *Org PDF LaTeX Output* for messages regarding the failed > citation. It suggested to run biber on the file cat, which I did from > the command line. > When you add references to "cat.bib" you have to run C-c C-e l p again to generate "cat.blg". > # note that I saved all your stuff in my download folder > $ cd ~/Downloads > $ biber cat > > Make sure you have the biber executable installed. I didn't know > anything about it and thought biblatex might provide it. I had to > explicitly install biber. You should be a path as the response to the > following if you have it: > > $ which biber > > Running biber generated .bbl. Then run "biber cat" on the command line to generate "cat.bbl". Then you can run "C-c C-e l p" on "cat.org" which generates "cat.pdf" which includes the bibliography! Yahay! Success! > > Then, re-running C-c C-e l p from Org works for me (at least I think; > see attached to verify). > > Lastly, when I encountered an error, I googled to find out what to do: > - Using biber: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/26516/how-to-use-biber > - Why \bibliography was giving me an error: > http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=3907111 > > If this works, someone can chime in regarding how to modify Org so > that it will run the necessary biber/biblatex commands so you don't > have to jump to a command line every time. Or perhaps that's a one > time thing -- maybe as long as biber generates the .bbl file, you can > refer to anything you want in that file from then on? If you have this in your ".emacs" --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- ;; org to latex customisations, -shell-escape needed for minted (setq org-export-dispatch-use-expert-ui t ; non-intrusive export dispatch org-latex-pdf-process ; for regular export '("xelatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f" "biber %b" "xelatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f" "xelatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f")) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- it will generate the file "cat.bbl" and include the bibliography in the pdf, without you having to run "biber" from the command-line. You still need to keep an eye on "*Org PDF LaTeX Output*" as it is here where it lists any errors it finds, and what its done and what it recommends you to do. And I have just generated a complete working "foo.bbl" for my book that I'm writing using the above code without calling "biber" from the command-line. It works! > > Hope that helps, > John > Yes, John, it very much does. It all works now! Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.4.50.19