Re: converting BibTeX entries to Lout?

[Kevin Johnson]

On Mon, Dec 22, 1997 at 12:26:48PM -0700, Kevin Johnson wrote:
> 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.

I have an alpha release of Text::LoutRef available. I haven't written
any conversion scripts to/from Text::Refer or Text::BibTex yet. Also,
I'm not pleased with the performance of the parser, but what the hey -
it seems to work.

Anyone who wants to take it for a spin can drop me an email to get a
copy of version 0.01. I'll eventually post it to perl's CPAN archive if
enough folks find it useful.

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