[OS X TeX] TeXShop and biblatex

Ulrich Groh ugroh at icloud.com
Thu Oct 13 10:45:43 EDT 2022


I have attached as zip-fiel the version I am using. And update the system.

Regards
Ulrich

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> Am 13.10.2022 um 16:39 schrieb Jeffrey W Roland <jroland at lsu.edu>:
> 
> Thanks, Herb.
>  
> LaTeX is producing the error. My initial LaTeX run fails.
>  
> I?m using TeX Live 2022 with TeXShop 5.03 on an M1 MacBook Pro running MacOS 11.7 (Big Sur).
>  
> TeX distribution is up to date. Log file is empty since the initial run fails. I included a screen shot of the error message that shows in the console. The complete contents of the console on a failed run are:
>  
>  
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.24 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
> \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./BibLaTeXMinimal.tex
> LaTeX2e <2022-06-01> patch level 5
> L3 programming layer <2022-09-28>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
> Document Class: article 2021/10/04 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size12.clo))
> (/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/biblatex.sty
> (/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/etoolbox.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/url/url.sty)
> (/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/blx-compat.def)
> (/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/biblatex.def)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/bbx/numeric.bbx
> ! Use of \abx at bbxid doesn't match its definition.
> <inserted text> }
>                                \endwrite
> l.2 [\abx at bbxid]
>  
> ?
>                 
> I?ve tried searching up that error message, without success. Ulrich?s successful run of the file makes me think I?m missing something simple. I just can?t seem to figure out what it is!
>  
> Best, 
>  
> Jeff
>  
> -- 
> Jeffrey Roland, PhD
> Associate Professor
>  
> Department of Philosophy
> 102 Coates Hall
> Louisiana State University
> Baton Rouge LA  70803
>  
> (e) jroland[at]lsu.edu
> (p) 225.578.2388
> (f) 225.578.4897
>  
>  
>  
> From: MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex-bounces at email.esm.psu.edu> on behalf of Herbert Schulz via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 9:11 PM
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> Cc: Herbert Schulz <herbs2 at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop and biblatex
> 
> 
> 
> > On Oct 12, 2022, at 8:40 PM, Jeffrey W Roland <jroland at lsu.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > All, 
> >  
> > Does anyone out there know how to make TeXShop and biblatex play nicely together?
> >  
> > I?m working on a grant proposal that requires bibliographic entries in footnotes and from what I?m reading using biblatex appears to be the easiest way to make this happen. (I normally use BibTeX and natbib for bibliographies.) But I haven?t been able to get even a minimal example using biblatex to compile with TeXShop. Here?s the minimal example:
> >  
> > \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> > \usepackage{biblatex}
> > \addbibresource{mathreal.bib}
> >  
> > \begin{document}
> >  
> > Sample text  \cite{maddy97}
> >  
> > \printbibliography
> >  
> > \end{document}
> >  
> > Running LaTeX via TeXShop on this produces the following error:
> >  
> > <image001.jpg>
> >  
> > Ideas? 
> >  
> > Thanks, 
> >  
> > Jeff
> >  
> > -- 
> > Jeffrey Roland, PhD
> > Associate Professor
> >  
> > Department of Philosophy
> > 102 Coates Hall
> > Louisiana State University
> > Baton Rouge LA  70803
> >  
> > (e) jroland[at]lsu.edu
> > (p) 225.578.2388
> > (f) 225.578.4897
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> What is producing that error message? Is it LaTeX itself or biber or ... ?
> 
> What version of TeX Live and macOS are you using? Is you TeX distribution up to date? What does the log file and the Console output look like?
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> herbs2 at mac.com
> 
> 
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