Manual page for ADDBIB(1)
addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database
SYNOPSIS
addbib
[
-a
]
[
-p
promptfile
]
database
AVAILABILITY
addbib
is available with the
Text
software installation option. Refer to
[a manual with the abbreviation INSTALL]
for information on how to install optional software.
DESCRIPTION
When
addbib
starts up, answering
y
to the initial
Instructions?
prompt yields directions; typing
n
or
RETURN
skips them.
addbib
then prompts for various bibliographic fields, reads responses
from the terminal, and sends output records to
database.
A null response (just
RETURN)
means to leave out that field. A
`-'
(minus sign)
means to go back to the previous field. A trailing
backslash allows a field to be continued on the next line. The
repeating
Continue?
prompt allows the user either to resume by
typing
y
or
RETURN,
to quit the current session by typing
n
or
q,
or to edit
database
with any system editor
(vi(1),
ex.1
ed.1
OPTIONS
- -a
-
Suppress prompting for an abstract; asking for an
abstract is the default.
Abstracts are ended with a
CTRL-D.
- -p promptfile
-
Use a new prompting skeleton, defined in
promptfile.
This file should contain prompt strings, a
TAB,
and the key-letters to be written to the
database.
USAGE
Bibliography Key Letters
The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below.
addbib
insulates you from these key-letters,
since it gives you prompts in English,
but if you edit the bibliography file later on,
you will need to know this information.
-
- %A
-
Author's name
- %B
-
Book containing article referenced
- %C
-
City (place of publication)
- %D
-
Date of publication
- %E
-
Editor of book containing article referenced
- %F
-
Footnote number or label (supplied by
refer)
- %G
-
Government order number
- %H
-
Header commentary, printed before reference
- %I
-
Issuer (publisher)
- %J
-
Journal containing article
- %K
-
Keywords to use in locating reference
- %L
-
Label field used by
-k
option of
refer
- %M
-
Bell Labs Memorandum (undefined)
- %N
-
Number within volume
- %O
-
Other commentary, printed at end of reference
- %P
-
Page number(s)
- %Q
-
Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)
- %R
-
Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)
- %S
-
Series title
- %T
-
Title of article or book
- %V
-
Volume number
- %X
-
Abstract -- used by
roffbib,
not by
refer
- %Y,Z
-
Ignored by
refer
EXAMPLE
Except for
A,
each field should be given just once.
Only relevant fields should be supplied.
-
%A Mark Twain
%T Life on the Mississippi
%I Penguin Books
%C New York
%D 1978
SEE ALSO
ed.1
ex.1
indxbib.1
lookbib.1
refer.1
roffbib.1
sortbib.1
vi.1
refer
in
[a manual with the abbreviation DOCS]
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© somebody (See intro for details). All Rights Reserved.
Last modified 11/5/97
