addbib

 

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 User Commands                                           addbib(1)
 
 
 


NAME
      addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database
 


SYNOPSIS
      addbib [ -a ]  [ -p promptfile ]  database
 


DESCRIPTION
      When addbib starts up, answering y to the  initial  Instruc-
      tions? 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 ses-
      sion by typing n or q, or to edit  database with any  system
      editor  (see 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 bibliogra-
      phy 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
 
 
 
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      %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
 
 EXAMPLES
      Example 1: Editing the bibliography file
 
      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
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWdoc                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 
 
 
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SEE ALSO
      ed(1), ex(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1),  roffbib(1),
      sortbib(1), vi(1), attributes(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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