Print localization strings in biblatex

Question

I want to print all the localization strings in biblatex for a language, so I can review them in an easier way than looking at the code. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Long and short strings for localization keys can be printed with \biblstring{<key>} and \bibsstring{<key>}, respectively. Many of the strings use punctuation commands, such as \addcomma and \space. All of these biblatex commands are defined only within citations and bibliographies, but we can make them in scope by issuing \blx@bibinit.

The default keys are initialized using a list of \do commands stored in \abx@dostrings. You can redefine \do to print the strings in a document. Here's an example.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{biblatex} 

\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\blx@bibinit
\def\do#1{\item \texttt{#1}: \biblstring{#1}, \bibsstring{#1}}
List of default localization keys (name: long string, short string)
\begin{itemize}
\abx@dostrings
\end{itemize}
\makeatother
\end{document}

Note that this won't print keys initialized elsewhere, but you could append \abx@dostrings with additional keys in the preamble. As of biblatex 2.0 all strings defined in the standard lbx files correspond to default localization keys.