BibTEX
(bibMacros 2.0)

Description

This set of macros assists you in editing and managing BibTEX files. It comes with two interfaces: Either a Popup Menu or a Main Menu. Both contain the following commands:

BibTEX
	New Field	Create a new field
	Delete Field	Delete the current field (and copy it to the Clipboard)
	Delete Field Content	Delete the content of the current field
	Strip Delimiters	Remove delimiters (e.g. for numerical fields)

	Strip Inner Braces	Remove braces inside a field
	Expand String	Complete the current string (as defined in a @STRING entry)
	Complete Field	Complete the contents of a field from other fields of the same type

	New Bibliography Entry	Submenu --> Insert a new BibTEX entry
	Delete Bibliography Entry	Delete the complete entry (and copy it to the Clipboard)
	Generate Key	Suggest a key for the current entry and insert it (overwriting any existing key)
	Clean Entry	Remove empty fields, align the lines and call Generate Key, if the key is empty

	Clean Bibliography	Do this for the whole bibliography or for the current selection
	Sort Bib File	Sort the bibliography database
	Extract from Aux	Extract all \cite'd entries into a new bibliography file
	Extract Annotations	Extract "annote" fields into separate files
	Merge Annotations	Merge annotation files into the bibliography file

	Find Entry	Find all entries containing a specified string (possibly a Regular Expression)

	Info for current Field	What's this field supposed to contain?
	BibTEX Documentation	Open TEXMF/doc/bibtex/btxdoc.dvi
	bibMacros Manual	Open the bibMacros manual
	Open configuration file	Open the bibMacros configuration file

Here is how things will look like in real life: BibTeX menu; Find Entry dialog; Sort Bibliography dialog.

The macros are easily configurable by editing one global configuration file (you don't have to know (almost) anything about WinEdt's macro language).
You can customize, e.g.:

how the entries should be aligned and formatted;
whether you want brackets or quotes around field values;
how the key shall be generated;
which fields shall be proposed as new fields;
which fields shall be put in new entry templates.
Furthermore, you can define all options locally for bibliography files.

In a nutshell: It's a powerful set of macros.

New in version 2.1 (20070607)

Find Entry:
- shows the searched bibliographies
- may be installed as the response to the \cite... Active Strings
Extract / Merge Annotations:
- support for biblatex package
- option to set the path for extracted / merged annotation files
entry definitions for the biblatex package completed

New in version 2.0 (20070505)

Sort Bibliography:
- adapted to WinEdt 5.5's new internal MUI
Find Entry:
- adapted to WinEdt 5.5's new internal MUI
- possibility to search within results
- international characters don't pose a problem anymore
entry definitions for the biblatex package

New in version 1.9 (20061106)

Sort Bibliography:
- possibility to specify different sort order for the criteria
- possibility to specify maximum number of authors relevant for sorting
Generate Key:
- new option: alternative string for missing field
- new option: change case of the words
Clean Entry:
- new option: do not remove empty fields
new, alternative syntax for local configuration settings
("<option> = <value>" instead of "Assign("bib_<option>","<value>");")
Lots of bug fixes

Installation Instructions

Unzip the file in %b\Macros\LaTeX\ and execute the macro _bibMacros_Install.edt to install the menus.

The file 00bibMacros.pdf explains all commands and shows you how to configure the macros, should you not be satisfied with the defaults.

Download

bibMacros.zip [291 KB]

00bibMacros.pdf [312 KB] (also included in zip file)

Unless you are using WinEdt 5.5, you need the MUI plug-in for the Sort Bibliography and Find Entry commands. You can download it here.

Package contributed by R Schlicht <w.m.lgmx.net>.

BibTEX (bibMacros 2.0)