<div dir="ltr"><div>This is possibly off topic, at least in part. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I took a shortcut path to print out bibliographies from *.bib files, involving, on GNU/Linux, the installation of the cb2Bib package. In the "tools" directory of the installation is a script, "bib2pdf" that makes short work of the job of printing a structured bibliography. I went to some additional extent, with the help of the developer of this package, to edit the source code to enable editing of the Annotate field from cb2Bib. I think this is not how this program is meant to be run, but it is part and parcel of my workflow now, for generating on the fly bibliography printouts. Cb2Bib is a remarkable tool for getting citations into the bibliography, semi-intelligently. It does more than I have gotten my head around. It runs only on GNU/Linux, and possibly OS/X, any system with bash and LaTeX of some kind installed. The script is pretty much hard-coded to print certain fields, but can be tweaked to include the Annotation field. This involved also a couple of minor edits to a *bst file. It has all been worth it, especially with the ability to use cb2Bib. Again, the script can be run on a *.bib file, on its own. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I know. I know. I took the shortcut path, and missed out on all the fun of learning to do it with LaTeX or TeX, bibTeX, or bibLaTeX, etc. But it has indeed been much more workable, for me, than any of the skeleton files I have tried to use. For me. YMMV. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I'd be glad to communicate with anyone who wants to know more.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Alan Davis<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 11:35 PM Uwe Ziegenhagen <<a href="mailto:ziegenhagen@gmail.com">ziegenhagen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Hi Christopher,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">have a look at the following file: <a href="https://github.com/dante-ev/dtk-bibliography/blob/master/dtk-bibliography.tex" target="_blank">https://github.com/dante-ev/dtk-bibliography/blob/master/dtk-bibliography.tex</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">It prints out the complete bibliography for the German LaTeX User Group journal, the "Texnische Komödie"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">The Bib-file is there as well: <a href="https://github.com/dante-ev/dtk-bibliography/blob/master/dtk-bibliography.bib" target="_blank">https://github.com/dante-ev/dtk-bibliography/blob/master/dtk-bibliography.bib</a> as well as the final result:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><a href="https://github.com/dante-ev/dtk-bibliography/blob/master/dtk-bibliography.pdf" target="_blank">https://github.com/dante-ev/dtk-bibliography/blob/master/dtk-bibliography.pdf</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Uwe<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Sa., 30. März 2019 um 03:52 Uhr schrieb Christopher W. Ryan <<a href="mailto:cryan@binghamton.edu" target="_blank">cryan@binghamton.edu</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This is cool. Had not heard of it before. Is this for bibtex, or<br>
biblatex, or both? I usually use biblatex. Would you be willing to<br>
share a MWE for such a task?<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
--Chris Ryan<br>
<br>
Paulo Ney de Souza wrote:<br>
> Just build a document with a single command:<br>
> <br>
> \nocite{*}<br>
> <br>
> Paulo Ney<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 10:08 PM steve kolars <<a href="mailto:bkfuth@gmail.com" target="_blank">bkfuth@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bkfuth@gmail.com" target="_blank">bkfuth@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I have searched and searched for how to do a specific thing with a<br>
> .bib file and have not been able to find a resource on exactly what<br>
> I want to do. I understand how to create the file, and I understand<br>
> how to cite and have latex create a PDF for me. Building regular<br>
> documents is not a problem.<br>
> <br>
> What I want to do is to use a rather large .bib file that I have. I<br>
> am trying to print out a PDF that is only a bibliography. What I<br>
> want to do is build the bibliography with everything from my .bib<br>
> file. I could build a document by citing every entry in the .bib<br>
> file--but there has to be a better way.<br>
> <br>
> Thank you in advance for your assistance,<br>
> Stephen Kolars<br>
> <br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_5659055487521113730gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dr. Uwe Ziegenhagen</div><div>0179-7476050<br><<a href="http://www.uweziegenhagen.de" target="_blank">http://www.uweziegenhagen.de</a>></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>[Fill in the blanks]</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">The use of corrupt manipulations and blatant rhetorical ploys ...---
outright lying, flagwaving, personal attacks, setting up phony
alternatives, misdirection, jargon-mongering, evading key issues,
feigning disinterested objectivity, willful misunderstanding of other
points of view---suggests that ... lacks both credibility and evidence.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div> ---- Edward Tufte (in context of making presentations)<br></div> <br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>