\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.1}Related Programs}{5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.2}Using {\sc Bib\hskip -.1em\discretionary {-}{}{}\unhbox \voidb@x \hbox {T\hskip -.15emo\hskip -.05emo\hskip -.05eml}}{} --- Some Instructive Examples}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2.1}Sorting and Merging}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2.2}Key Generation}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2.3}Normalization}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2.4}Extracting Entries for a Document}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2.5}Extracting Entries Matching a Regular Expression}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2.6}Translating ISO 8859-1 Characters}{11}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2.7}Correctly Sorting Crossreferenced Entries}{11}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.3}Interfacing {\sc Bib\hskip -.1em\discretionary {-}{}{}\unhbox \voidb@x \hbox {T\hskip -.15emo\hskip -.05emo\hskip -.05eml}}{} with Other Programming Languages}{12}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.4}Getting {\sc Bib\hskip -.1em\discretionary {-}{}{}\unhbox \voidb@x \hbox {T\hskip -.15emo\hskip -.05emo\hskip -.05eml}}, Hot News, and Bug Reports}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.5}Contributing to {\sc Bib\hskip -.1em\discretionary {-}{}{}\unhbox \voidb@x \hbox {T\hskip -.15emo\hskip -.05emo\hskip -.05eml}}}{14}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {A}Reference Manual}{15}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.1}Command Line Usage and Resource Files}{15}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.2}Input File Specification and Search Path}{18}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.3}Output File Specification and Status Reporting}{20}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.4}Parsing and Pretty Printing}{20}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.5}Sorting}{24}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.6}Regular Expression Matching}{26}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.7}Selecting Items}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.7.1}Extracting by \texttt {aux} Files}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.7.2}Extracting with Substring Matching}{28}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.7.3}Extracting with Regular Expressions}{29}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.7.4}Extracting and Crossreferences}{30}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.8}Key Generation}{31}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.9}Format Specification}{36}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.1}Constant Parts}{36}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.2}Formatting Fields}{37}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.3}Pseudo Fields}{44}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.4}Conjunctions}{45}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.5}If-Then-Else}{45}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.6}Alternatives}{46}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.7}Grouping}{46}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.8}Ignored Words}{47}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.9}Expanding T\kern -.1667em\lower .5ex\hbox {E}\kern -.125emX\spacefactor \@m /\LaTeX {} Macros}{47}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.10}Name Formatting}{48}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.9.11}Example}{49}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.10}Field Manipulation}{51}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.10.1}Adding or Deleting Fields}{51}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.10.2}Field Rewriting}{52}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.10.3}Field Ordering}{54}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.11}Semantic Checks}{55}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.11.1}Finding Double Entries}{55}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {A.11.2}Regular Expression Checks}{56}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.12}Strings --- also called Macros}{57}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {A.13}Statistics}{58}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {B}Limitations}{59}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {B.1}Limits of {\sc Bib\hskip -.1em\discretionary {-}{}{}\unhbox \voidb@x \hbox {T\hskip -.15emo\hskip -.05emo\hskip -.05eml}}}{59}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {B.2}Bugs and Problems}{59}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {C}Sample Resource Files}{61}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {C.1}The Default Settings}{61}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {C.2}Useful Translations}{63}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {C.3}Other Resource Files}{63}