• Introduction
• Bib To Html
• Bbl To Html
• Known problems
• License and Disclaimer

Introduction

Bib To Html

1. The selection is put in a temporary bib file, and you are prompted for a bib style and other settings using a dialog that will look like this.
   All settings are saved for the next round, and between editing session. The 'labels' checkbox concerns the labels of bibliographic references as [2], [4], [Bas], [Vin], etc -- these will be added during the conversion process if requested.
2. An .aux temporary file is then created including the following commands:

       \bibstyle{your bib style}
       \citation{*}
       \bibdata{tmp_count}
   

   tmp_count is the name of the temporary bib file. All of these temporary files are created in the same temporary folder in your Alpha Prefs file, and the 'count' is incremented with each new use of the menu item.
3. Bib To Html then launches BibTeX which deals this temporary .aux file and converts the temporary .bib file in a .bbl file. Your BibTeX application must be able to find the defined .bst style file -- if it can be found in the same directory as the .bib file it should work fine, as a copy of it will be placed in the temporary folder. Otherwise, see the documentation that came with your BibTeX application.

1. Dialog windows have been improved by Craig B. Upright.
2. Bib To Html now works with many standard bibstyles: abbrv, abstract, acm, alpha, amsalpha, amsplain, annotate, annotation, apa, apalike, apalike2, astron, authordate 1-4, fralpha, frplain, named, namunsrt, nature, newapa, plain, plainyr.
3. If a field, created by one of these styles, is written in small caps characters, the converter takes in account this font and simulates it in html.
4. It is now possible to provide a starting index for bib styles including numeric labels, plain for example, so that you may start the numeration by any number: 5, 10, 25, ...
5. In the same way you may prefix the labels with any characters string of your choice, for example: a string BAS with plain will provide labels as [BAS1], [BAS2], ..... If you simultaneously prefix a numeric label and you select a starting number you could get, for example: [BAS10], [BAS11], .....

Bbl To Html

IMPORTANT:

If some bib entries in the file or selection are syntactically incorrect, your BibTeX application will display the errors. But these errors won't affect the work of Bib/Bbl To Html, and these erroneous entries will probably be converted to html with wrong fields.

NOTE:

It is not needed to first sort the .bib file or the selection because BibTeX will do it. The converted .html file will be correctly sorted. Any '@strings' entries will also be translated.

Known problems

License and Disclaimer

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
• Neither the name of Pierre Basso nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.