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NAME
refer, lookbib, pubindex - find and insert literature references in
documents
SYNOPSIS
refer [ option ] ...
lookbib [ file ] ...
pubindex file ...
DESCRIPTION
Lookbib accepts keywords from the standard input and searches a biblio‐
graphic data base for references that contain those keywords anywhere
in title, author, journal name, etc. Matching references are printed
on the standard output. Blank lines are taken as delimiters between
queries.
Refer is a preprocessor for nroff or troff(1) that finds and formats
references. The input files (standard input default) are copied to the
standard output, except for lines between .[ and .] which are assumed
to contain keywords and are replaced by information from the biblio‐
graphic data base. The user may avoid the search, override fields from
it, or add new fields. The reference data, from whatever source, are
assigned to a set of troff strings. Macro packages such as ms(7) print
the finished reference text from these strings. A flag is placed in
the text at the point of reference; by default the references are indi‐
cated by numbers.
The following options are available:
-ar Reverse the first r author names (Jones, J. A. instead of J. A.
Jones). If r is omitted all author names are reversed.
-b Bare mode: do not put any flags in text (neither numbers nor la‐
bels).
-cstring
Capitalize (with CAPS SMALL CAPS) the fields whose key-letters
are in string.
-e Instead of leaving the references where encountered, accumulate
them until a sequence of the form
.[
$LIST$
.]
is encountered, and then write out all references collected so
far. Collapse references to the same source.
-kx Instead of numbering references, use labels as specified in a
reference data line beginning %x; by default x is L.
-lm,n Instead of numbering references, use labels made from the senior
author's last name and the year of publication. Only the first
m letters of the last name and the last n digits of the date are
used. If either m or n is omitted the entire name or date re‐
spectively is used.
-p Take the next argument as a file of references to be searched.
The default file is searched last.
-n Do not search the default file.
-skeys Sort references by fields whose key-letters are in the keys
string; permute reference numbers in text accordingly. Implies
-e. The key-letters in keys may be followed by a number to in‐
dicate how many such fields are used, with + taken as a very
large number. The default is AD which sorts on the senior au‐
thor and then date; to sort, for example, on all authors and
then title use -sA+T.
A bibliographic reference in a -p file is a set of lines that contain
bibliographic information fields. Empty lines separate references.
Each field starts on a line beginning with a `%', followed by a key-
letter, followed by a blank, and followed by the contents of the field,
which continues until the next line starting with `%'. The most common
key-letters and the corresponding fields are:
A Author name
B Title of book containing article referenced
C City
D Date
d Alternate date
E Editor of book containing article referenced
G Government (CFSTI) order number
I Issuer (publisher)
J Journal
K Other keywords to use in locating reference
M Technical memorandum number
N Issue number within volume
O Other commentary to be printed at end of reference
P Page numbers
R Report number
r Alternate report number
T Title of article, book, etc.
V Volume number
X Commentary unused by pubindex
Except for `A', each field should only be given once. Only relevant
fields should be supplied. An example is:
%T 5-by-5 Palindromic Word Squares
%A M. D. McIlroy
%J Word Ways
%V 9
%P 199-202
%D 1976
When refer is used with eqn, neqn or tbl, refer should be first, to
minimize the volume of data passed through pipes.
Pubindex makes a hashed inverted index to the named files for use by
refer. The files contain bibliographic references.
FILES
/usr/dict/papers directory of default publication lists and indexes
/usr/lib/refer directory of programs
x.ia, x.ib, x.ic where x is the first argument to pubindex
SEE ALSO
troff(1), doctype(1)
alice REFER(1)