[10] in Framemaker_Discussion
Re: References in Frame
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christina Diete DeMello)
Thu May 13 21:46:52 1993
To: dot@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: frame@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 13 May 93 21:46:40 EDT
From: Christina Diete DeMello <cdemello@Athena.MIT.EDU>
>>This is what the FAQ says about it:
>>
>> >A. fmbib
>> >
>> >"fmbib" takes a Frame document (.mif format) as its input, with
>> >"Bibliography" markers embedded where the references occur. The marker
>> >text is that of a key word indexed into a bibliography database file,
>> >such as Scribe's ".bib" files. In fact, the program is compatible
>> >with Scribe bibliography files. The user can also specify on the
>> >command line one of several reference and bibliography styles. fmbib
>> >will then generate a new FM .mif file which is the actual
>> >bibliography. The original document is modified to contain
>> >cross-references to this new document. These references appear as
>> >visible text when the user updates cross-references in the original
>> >document. The program also aids in creating new bibliography database
>> >
>>
>> I've installed fmbib for the DECstation, making it available after
>> the next AFS propagation. There are man pages, fmbib and
>> fmbibverify, as well as an example program in
>> picture/contrib/misc/fmbib/example.bib. Feel free to poke around
>> and see if this is the sort of thing you were looking for.
>>
>> Dot
I just read the FAQ, and it mentions option B:
> B. BibFrame
>
> BibFrame makes it possible to deal with references in FrameMaker in a
> general way. You do not have to enter your reference list by hand
> every time you write a document. Instead, the reference list is
> automatically generated from a data base with references. This ensure
> that your reference entries are in the right format. You do not have
> to bother with how things should be emphasized, abbreviated and so on.
This second version is compatible with BibTeX, in fact requiring it to
be present. Since we DO have BibTeX (and perl which is also
necessary) on athena though, and consultants are more familiar with
LaTeX formatting now than they are with scribe (which is what fmbib is
compatible with), I think this second program may be more useful, but
perhaps we could play with both and see which is easier to use. It
might also be noted that BibFrame lists DECstations as platforms where
it has worked, where as fmbib only lists the RTs.
> Available for anonymous FTP from ftp.ida.liu.se (130.236.139.139) in
> pub/bibframe/bibframe-0.4.1.tar.Z
Or, according to other info posted on BibFrame:
>> To get the BibFrame package, get the file bf_stanford.tar.Z via
>> anonymous ftp from sonoma.stanford.edu. This file contains the
>> BibFrame Installation Guide and the BibFrame User's Guide (both in
>> the doc sub-directory) as well as the BibFrame package. The User's
>> Guide has a more detailed description of this tool and its use.
---Christina
