[OS X TeX] TeXShop and biblatex
John Burt
burt at brandeis.edu
Thu Oct 13 17:19:53 CEST 2022
Looking at your error message it looks as though the problem is with your
format file. Try using a different format (such as, say, chicago), and be
sure that TeXShop is finding that format in the right place.
John
On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 10:39 AM Jeffrey W Roland <jroland at lsu.edu> wrote:
> Thanks, Herb.
>
>
>
> LaTeX is producing the error. My initial LaTeX run fails.
>
>
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> I’m using TeX Live 2022 with TeXShop 5.03 on an M1 MacBook Pro running
> MacOS 11.7 (Big Sur).
>
>
>
> TeX distribution is up to date. Log file is empty since the initial run
> fails. I included a screen shot of the error message that shows in the
> console. The complete contents of the console on a failed run are:
>
>
>
>
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.24 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded
> format=pdflatex)
>
> \write18 enabled.
>
> entering extended mode
>
> (./BibLaTeXMinimal.tex
>
> LaTeX2e <2022-06-01> patch level 5
>
> L3 programming layer <2022-09-28>
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
>
> Document Class: article 2021/10/04 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size12.clo))
>
> (/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/biblatex.sty
>
> (/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/etoolbox.sty
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> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty))
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/url/url.sty)
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> (/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/blx-compat.def)
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> (/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/biblatex.def)
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> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/bbx/numeric.bbx
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> ! Use of \abx at bbxid doesn't match its definition.
>
> <inserted text> }
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> \endwrite
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> l.2 [\abx at bbxid]
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>
>
> ?
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>
>
> I’ve tried searching up that error message, without success. Ulrich’s
> successful run of the file makes me think I’m missing something simple. I
> just can’t seem to figure out what it is!
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Jeff
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>
>
> --
>
> Jeffrey Roland, PhD
>
> Associate Professor
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>
>
> Department of Philosophy
>
> 102 Coates Hall
>
> Louisiana State University
>
> Baton Rouge LA 70803
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>
>
> (e) jroland[at]lsu.edu
>
> (p) 225.578.2388
>
> (f) 225.578.4897
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>
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> *From: *MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex-bounces at email.esm.psu.edu> on behalf of
> Herbert Schulz via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> *Date: *Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 9:11 PM
> *To: *TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> *Cc: *Herbert Schulz <herbs2 at mac.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop and biblatex
>
>
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> > On Oct 12, 2022, at 8:40 PM, Jeffrey W Roland <jroland at lsu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Does anyone out there know how to make TeXShop and biblatex play nicely
> together?
> >
> > I’m working on a grant proposal that requires bibliographic entries in
> footnotes and from what I’m reading using biblatex appears to be the
> easiest way to make this happen. (I normally use BibTeX and natbib for
> bibliographies.) But I haven’t been able to get even a minimal example
> using biblatex to compile with TeXShop. Here’s the minimal example:
> >
> > \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> > \usepackage{biblatex}
> > \addbibresource{mathreal.bib}
> >
> > \begin{document}
> >
> > Sample text \cite{maddy97}
> >
> > \printbibliography
> >
> > \end{document}
> >
> > Running LaTeX via TeXShop on this produces the following error:
> >
> > <image001.jpg>
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > --
> > Jeffrey Roland, PhD
> > Associate Professor
> >
> > Department of Philosophy
> > 102 Coates Hall
> > Louisiana State University
> > Baton Rouge LA 70803
> >
> > (e) jroland[at]lsu.edu
> > (p) 225.578.2388
> > (f) 225.578.4897
>
> Howdy,
>
> What is producing that error message? Is it LaTeX itself or biber or ... ?
>
> What version of TeX Live and macOS are you using? Is you TeX distribution
> up to date? What does the log file and the Console output look like?
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> herbs2 at mac.com
>
>
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