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Re: converting BibTeX entries to Lout?
From: |
Kevin Johnson |
Subject: |
Re: converting BibTeX entries to Lout? |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Dec 1997 12:26:48 -0700 |
On Mon, Dec 22, 1997 at 07:24:38PM +0300, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 1997 at 06:55:45AM -0800, Terrence Brannon wrote:
>
> > Is there currently any support for making use of BibTeX databases in
> > Lout? I have several files of bib entries in BibTeX format that I must
> > convert over to Lout format.
>
> Hmm, write a perl script that takes BibTeX (and/or troff's refer
> format) as its input and spits Lout @Reference symbols on its output.
>
> Distribute it under GPL :-)
>
> It's really useful for people with large bibtex/refer databases.
>
> Volunteers?
Keeping in line with the perl way of doing things, I'm willing to write
a Text::LoutRef module, if no one has started one. Since Text::Refer and
Text::BibTeX already exist, writing some glue code to bind them into a
useful script would be trivial.
--
thx,
address@hidden http://www.pobox.com/~kjj/
- @CP, Terrence Brannon, 1997/12/05
- Re: @CP, Valeriy E. Ushakov, 1997/12/05
- @CP, Jeff Kingston, 1997/12/06