[OS X TeX] Re: Issue with Multiple Bibliographies, MacOSX-TeX Digest #1826 - 08/19/06

[Simon Lisney]

Thanks Matthias, I had tried searching but had been trying to do this  
with multibib before so missed
you tip.

Works fine. I skipped the chmod stage by duplicating an  
existing .engine and pasting the script into that and renaming it.

On 22 Aug 2006, at 14:26, Matthias Damm wrote:

>
> Am 22.08.2006 um 13:07 schrieb Simon Lisney:
>
>> The main issue turned out to be the inability of Texshop to deal  
>> with multiple .bib files when running bibtex.  Therefore I had to  
>> run bibtex from the Terminal on each of the .bibs manually. Not a  
>> big issue once I realised this limitation. So far I haven't found  
>> a way to do this in a single pass.
>
> It's quite easy to extend TeXShop's ability with an .engine file.
>
> I quote a howto I had sent to the list earlier:
>
> Copy the following script to a file and name it BibTopic.engine or  
> something. This script will automatically call bibdesk correctly.
>
> #!/bin/sh
> location=$(dirname "$1")
> basefname="${location}/`basename "$1" .tex`"
> # process the bibliography
> for file in "${location}/${basefname}"?.aux ;
> do
>     bibtex "${file}"
> done
>
> Move this file to ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines
> Make it executable ("chmod +x BibTopic.engine" in the Terminal)
>
> After hat, you will see an additional entry in your selection of  
> engines in TeXShop (unfortunately not in the menu, but in the  
> corresponding item in the toolbar).
>
> Mail me directly if you need additional information or search the  
> list's archive, the problem has come up several times.
>
> Best regards,
> Matthias
>
>
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