FW: BibTex

[Christina Thiele]

J. Gregory McDaniel writes:
>
> Thanks for all of the attempts to help.  I have triple-checked the
> dviwindo.ini file included in my original posting and can't isolate any
> possibility of tex being invoked when the menu item for bibtex is executed.
> In answer to several questions: I have followed all of the instructions in
> bibtex-install.txt, using exactly that directory structure nd using the
> files in bibtex-all.zip.  I'm still having the problem ...
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
> ...

OK. Hmmm ... Well, let's see if we can get BibTeX to respond to you
from the command line, rather than from the menus ...

>From one of the texts which Mimi posted earlier today:

>
> If you use this version, then you may find it easiest to assemble all needed
> files in one directory.  Then run BibTeX from the command prompt after
> making that directory the current directory.  That way you know all the
> files are there and that BibTeX is not grabbing old versions of any of the
> files by mistake.  You can get to the command prompt from "Start > Programs
> > Command Prompt".
>
> ...
>

That is, as a test, create a test-bib folder (for example), copy ALL
the files you'll need: the .tex, .sty, .bib, .bst, etc. in there, and
then process the file first through LaTeX, to get the .aux file, and
then through BibTeX:

   c:\somefoldername c:\yandy\bibtex\bibtex.exe filename.aux

I'm afraid I have to run, otherwise, I'd fire up the laptop and get
the exact path for the latex.exe file -- but you can figure that out,
I think, based on the bibtex.exe model.

I've just been poking through old mail to try and see if/when I wrote
this up, because I think I recall running into the same problem --
that plain TeX kept butting in instead of LaTeX and BibTeX. So I left
the menus alone, and tried from the DOS prompt.

I'll try to look for notes I may have written down somewhere for
better details.

Ch.