Biber is a {bibtex} replacement for {biblatex}. It is functionally a significant superset of BibTeX, allowing more customisation by the user of, e.g., sorting, label generation, inheritance, and data source stream manipulation. It also supports advanced auto-disambiguation of names and name lists.
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How to use biber to convert integer to BibTeX-month macro
Is it possible with biber to convert
@misc{example,
month = {04},
}
to
@misc{example,
month = apr,
}
in which mar is a BibTeX macro?
I am aware of the mapping facilities, but the closest I ...
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How to remove xdata entries using biber --tool_resolve --tool (after resolution)
Consider the file myrefs.bib containing the following biblatex entries:
@XDATA{pom,
EVENTDATE = {1999-12-31/2000-01-01},
EVENTTITLE = {Party},
VENUE = {Somewhere},
}
@PROCEEDINGS{pomp,
...
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Bibliography tools that are compatible with biblatex and biber
I’m currently in the process of reconsidering how I do bibliography management. It seems to be most sensible to use biblatex with biber. I’d like to know what tools are available on which I can build ...
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Converting from biblatex to BibTeX format using biber
I wish to use biblatex+biber, in large part because of its data format (xdata!), but often need to use .bst-based bibliography styles. I am aware that biber --tool allows conversion of .bib-files. ...
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biblatex-apa: Author's first name is repeated in brackets
I am using the biblatex-apa package together with the latest biber and biblatex versions (... I think). The issue is, that sometimes the author's first name, or its abbreviation, is repeated in square ...
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Winedt 7.0 + MiKTeX 2.9 compile Problem
I keep getting the following error and have no idea what to do! Does anybody know how to fix this?
Command Line: `bibtex.exe "PA1_A2"`
This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit);
The ...
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How to use biber
Simply put I want to know what steps I need to take to start biber with biblatex. I haven't been able to find any proper tutorials or guides showing how you go about using it instead of BibTeX.
What ...
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Some biblatex labels do not appear depending on their position [closed]
I'm using BibLaTex with Biber to generate my bibliography.
Unfortunatelly, I'm struggling with a very strange behaviour concerning the displaying of the blibliography labels: Some labels are not ...
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Running BibLatex (Backend=Biber) in Texmaker
I have quite an interesting problem. After backup of my system (Windwos 7 x86) I have troubles running biblatex in general. I solved the problem partially.
I have MikTex 2.9 installed and using ...
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Including an asterisk in a reference item number [duplicate]
How do I add a mark (asterisk/dagger) to a particular bib entry, based on a keyword? For example consider the bib file:
@article{Doe2012a,
author = {J. Doe},
title = {Lorem Ipsum -- Part ...
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How to get biber to pass fields into the .bbl file?
I'm using biblatex and biber, and trying to modify the usual styles to include a field for the AMS MathReviews number. My BibTeX file (well, I guess it's a Biber file now) has mrnumber fields, and ...
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“Missing character” or “does not map to ascii” message with biblatex and biber
I started drafting a question here but then, through some further work, found a solution. I though it might be worth putting in what I found here for others.
The problem relates to using biber as a ...
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ShareLaTeX and biblatex
I'm writing my thesis with my friend but I'm having serious problems getting biblatex to work with ShareLaTeX, it apparently has support (according to this blog: http://www.clarusft.com/sharelatex/).
...
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Biblatex: 2 custom fields, only one is working
Following this question BibLaTeX/BibTeX custom field to show file link and Notes after bibliography entry with Biber and biblatex I get it to work (well, more or less). In the code below I defined a ...
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Exclude \fullcite{…} citation from bibliography
Is there a way to excluded a citation specified in the text by \fullcite{Doe2013} from the bibliography? (I'm using biblatex+biber.)
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German umlaut breaks compilation with biber/biblatex - Why? [closed]
My document didn't compile and it took me hours to find the reason. When I finally found it, it was so unrelated to all my previous attempts to solve it and the error messages and warnings didn't give ...
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TeXcount and biblatex
I have recently switched from BibTeX to the biblatex package (using the Biber back-end) and I can only subscribe what others have already said about its many virtues. This question is not so much ...
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Biblatex + Biber + Texmaker + MiKTeX
Will someone please help me to both configure Texmaker and use it so that I can use the backend=biber option with biblatex package. I am using MiKTeX 2.8 and Texmaker 3.1. Please do not simply tell me ...
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biber breaks when it's run [closed]
I'm trying to use biber with biblatex under windows xp. However, when I run it with any argument including biber --help it breaks with the same error message:
Biber/Utils.pm did not return a true ...
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biblatex: filter out publications from a specific author without biber with many authors
this is follow-up to a recent question:
On my system with TexLive 2012 (biblatex 1.7-1), I am trying to separate the publications of a specific author from all other references (e.g. in case you want ...
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Custom inheritance rules not working with biblatex
I work on a document (XeLaTeX), where many mixed language collections are cited. Using biblatex I can make use of the hyphenation field to switch between different languages (although the babel-option ...
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Why do we need add on programs like Biber and MakeIndex?
The creation of biblatex has made bst files obsolete allowing the formatting to be done by LaTeX and not an add on program like BibTeX, but it didn't completely eliminate the need for an add on ...
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Non-ASCII characters in Biblatex
I am using biblatex with backend=biber and the following .bib file:
@article{concellon_synthesis_2006,
title = {Synthesis of Enantiopure ({αS,βS)-} or ({αR,βS)-β-Amino} Alcohols by Complete ...
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Multilingual bibliographies with biblatex-chicago babel hyphenation
Don't know what I did (if I did anything) but seems multilingual libraries don't work for me anymore... I have some german and english references in an english document and so I want that english ...
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biblatex and biber problems [closed]
Okay, so I try to figure out how to use Biber to cite things instead of BibTeX.
I'm using the MiKTeX package manager with Texmaker. I've downloaded the biber.exe file, and put it in the folder
...
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maxnames in biber
I'm trying to set maxnames in my biber option, but it doesn't work.
I don't really understand what I'm doing wrong.
My MWE is:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,german]{scrartcl}
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Journal abbreviation mapping mystery
Here is my tex document:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[bibstyle=authoryear-icomp,
citestyle=authoryear-icomp,
uniquename=false,
uniquelist=false,
firstinits=true,
maxbibnames=5,
...
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RefTeX won't find my .bib file in local library tree
RefTeX gives out the following error when trying to insert a citation:
No valid bibliography in this document, and no default available
I keep a master .bib file in ...
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Preserve line breaks/newlines when parsing bib file with biber
Since the answer to the original question is "This is not possible", my new question is:
How do I write a shell script, in which I can define the original bib file, the fields in which new line ...
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How to set prenote for \cite globally using biblatex?
How can I set prenote for \cite globally with the possibility to pass an individual option via optional parameter to a single \cite command?
It should work like this:
\cite{key} --> ...
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biber/bilatex: article journal field not printed/displayed [closed]
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[backend=biber,citestyle=numeric,natbib=true]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{bibliography.bib}
\begin{document}
\cite{lin1973}
...
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Engines of Tex-Editors and Biber/Biblatex
Today I detected that biblatex, biber or whatever is responsible for citations and bibliography does not work correctly on my tex-files. I can think of two reasons for it:
Maybe my engine-file (I am ...
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1answer
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Citation not shown in pdf [closed]
I have some troubles with citations and biber. I'm citing a paper several times and point to different sections in that paper. But sometimes the citation is not shown in the pdf. I can't comprehend ...
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Biblatex/biber keep cycling and not settle when using custom sort
I'm trying to do a custom sort: citation order -> year/month -> author -> title
I think I got it in the style in the code below. However, when I run it: pdflatex -> biber -> pdflatex -> pdflatex. ...
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How to get a 1-click compilation of XeLaTeX with Biber using arara?
I want to use XeLaTeX as typesetting engine and Biber for my references. I want to have a 1-click-compilation setup, preferably in a GUI editor. I work on Windows, thus a solution for TeXworks or ...
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Biblatex/biber non-consecutive numbering references by type when using multiple bibliographies
I'm trying to have two bibliographies in one document. The first on is the normal references. And the later is intended to be a publication list and should be separated by type.
I managed to split ...
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How to use a particular field in a specific entry type for sorting in biblatex
In answering this question: Creating Entry in Bibtex for Executive Orders I gave a biblatex solution which used a new entry type for Executive Orders. This particular entry type has no author, but ...
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Literature with Biber generates strange citations: firstnames appear erratically
I had been using bibtex and then biblatex for quite some time. For the newest edition of my book I moved to biber. I happened t notice that firstnames are sometimes generated and sometimes not. Has ...
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Unicode characters do not appear in IEEE style bibliography
I cannot get Unicode characters to appear in the IEEE style bibliography with biblatex and biber. Shown below are minimal working examples.
\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage[style=ieee, ...
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Missing “Vol.” and “No.” in biblatex/biber
I'd like to cite an article with biblatex, but I'm failing to add "Vol." and "No." in front of the corresponding number.
Here is the entry, of type @article, in the .bib file:
...
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votes
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How to automate biber within TeXnicCenter?
I am trying to automate my LaTeX pdf output within TeXnicCenter. I am using pdflatex with biber and it's been proposed to get the following settings:
However, whenever I add a new \autocite{xyz} in ...
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BibLaTeX not settling down when using multiple styles
I use BibLaTeX with two different bibliography styles, one with author-year style (for publications) and the other one with simple numeric style for online references, but pdfLaTeX never really ...
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biblatex: Setting maxnames on individual entries
I'm using biblatex (with biber as backend). I use the global maxnames option to shorten author lists (with "et al."). However, I would like to create some exceptions to this rule for some specific ...
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Using BibTeX keys containing parentheses with Biber
I am trying to move to using biblatex with Biber rather than BibTeX. unfortunately, nearly all of my BibTeX entries have keys that include colons and parentheses. like,
@BOOK{Chambers+Hastie:(92),
...
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BibTeX or biblatex/Biber 'private communication' entry
What is the correct way to cite "private communications" and similar sources that seem not to belong into the .bib database.
I am using biber and biblatex with TL2012
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How to use biber with Ubuntu 12.04?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04, TexLive 2012 from backports, TexLive full installation.
However, when I try to compile via latexmk, I get an error message that biber is missing.
How to get biber working on ...
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Is something wrong with @STRING processing between Jabref and biber?
I've just been revisiting bibliographies, and trying to manage them with Jabref.
I seem to have found something wrong with @strings (or my understanding of them).
In my pre-Jabref .bib file, I have:
...
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Getting TextMate to call biber
I've recently made the switch to biblatex from natbib but one problem I've been unable to resolve is how to make TextMate (which is my preferred editor) call biber instead of bibtex. I've installed ...
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XeLaTeX and Biber do not Produce a *.bbl File
MiKTeX (updated); TeXworks
Used to do this a couple of months ago, now after PC and MiKTeX reinstall (Win7) bibliographies on old files seem not to be working any more. Read many similar questions, no ...
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Suddenly I cannot compile my bibTex files anymore (Biber, TeXmaker, MacTeX) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Engines of Tex-Editors and Biber/Biblatex
I am currently working on a bunch of little assignments for university. Everything was fine until yesterday:
All of a sudden ...
