From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: Citation syntax: a revised proposal Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:16:15 -1000 Message-ID: References: <87k2zjnc0e.fsf@berkeley.edu> <87zj8fjdnv.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <873867m4kg.fsf@berkeley.edu> <87fva7jaly.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87zj8fc7w5.fsf@gmail.com> <87bnkvj85w.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87wq3jc6dc.fsf@gmail.com> <877fvjj5kx.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <873865rdwm.fsf@berkeley.edu> <874mqliwg5.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87vbj18zw7.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44952) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNR9m-0005YG-ER for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:16:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNR9j-0007Jn-Dx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:16:34 -0500 Received: from gproxy8-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([67.222.33.93]:52393) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNR9j-0007JK-85 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:16:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87vbj18zw7.fsf@gmx.us> (rasmus@gmx.us's message of "Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:39:04 +0100") 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: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Rasmus writes: > Biblatex is the gold standard. Maybe not in input-aesthetics..., but in > terms of amenability, usability and output it surely is. (No, I have > nothing to back this up). Compare the bibtex style, chicago.bst, with biblatex-chicago and note how much more closely the biblatex version approximates the Chicago Manual of Style. Also, the various multicites implemented in biblatex have made it a viable option for the humanities. Bibtex was created for use in the (hard) sciences and it lacked facilities that authors and editors in the humanities take for granted. Also, biber is required for some biblatex features that bibtex doesn't support. I haven't followed this development and am not sure what they are, though. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com