From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Lawrence Subject: Biblatex and Org [was: [OT] Don't use BibTeX!] Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:50:27 -0700 Message-ID: <87k3b1iyrg.fsf@berkeley.edu> References: <1396673952.81320.YahooMailBasic@web141706.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <87y4zk5cd0.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87ob0fk9lc.fsf@berkeley.edu> <20140405213324.5e88c2fa@aga-netbook> <87txa5j4tp.fsf@berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55813) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WX0bU-0008Fa-V9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:52:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WX0bP-0000Cj-RH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:52:12 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f41.google.com ([209.85.220.41]:35422) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WX0bP-000092-KK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:52:07 -0400 Received: by mail-pa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id fa1so6158249pad.0 for ; Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:52:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thomas S. Dye" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Marcin Borkowski Hi Thomas, "Thomas S. Dye" writes: > If you're just starting out, I encourage you to use biblatex. It will > take a few minutes to make the switch and then you won't have to think > about it. A biblatex site you find googling should tell you what you > need to know. Well, that's the trouble...although I'm still probably a couple of years from wanting to publish anything, I'm not just starting out. I use Org to keep track of my readings and citation information, and then export this data to .bib on the fly using functions from org-bibtex. I have quite a few readings recorded this way. I described my setup a while ago here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/78983/focus=79016 So I'm not really tied to BibTeX, but I *am* relying on org-bibtex. I'm certainly willing to switch to biblatex if that's going to save me a lot of time or headache in the future. What I need to know is what's required to switch over the parts of my setup that originate in Org. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like I can keep using this part of my setup, because biblatex supports the .bib format: #+BEGIN_QUOTE biblatex can be used with or without BibTeX the program since its default backend Biber uses fully supports the BibTeX file format (bib) and users should be able to move to biblatex will little or no changes to their BibTeX data files when using Biber as a backend. (from section 2 of the biblatex manual at http://mirror.hmc.edu/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf) #+END_QUOTE So it looks like switching to biblatex is just a matter of changing my compilation process and the bibliography commands in my documents. Does that sound right? Thanks for your advice! Best, Richard