[OS X TeX] BibLaTeX and archival (a la jurabib)

[G.H. Szylowsky PhD]

I am not being ironic (maybe blunt!).

Is there a Short Course?

We should be able to learn how to format references in an hour!

G.H.

On 16-Dec-08, at 4:35 PM, Simon Spiegel wrote:

>
> On 16.12.2008, at 20:16, G.H. Szylowsky PhD wrote:
>
>> Hi Rolf,
>>
>> Why are you using BibLaTeX. I looked at it and I decided that any  
>> bibtex variant requiring a 175 page manual is a monstrosity.
>>
>> BibTeX is Gratzer's book with all the examples is 30 pages.
>
> I don't know why Rolf uses biblatex, but basic bibtex is extremely  
> limited and biblatex solves about every problem bibtex has and it  
> does it without relying on an obscure proprietary language no one  
> really knows. For example, if you're in humanities, there are many  
> things which just can't be done properly in bibtex which are  
> perfectly easy in biblatex.
>
> As for the manual: Your irony is completely out of place. The world  
> would be a better place if every software had documentation of the  
> quality biblatex has.
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