LaTeX Management

bibtex

Generate a bibtex file from a tex file.

Usage

bibm bibtex [-h] texfile [bibfile]

Description

This command generates a BibTeX file by searching for the citation keys in the input LaTeX file, and stores the output into BibTeX file, named after the argument in the \bibliography{bib_file} call in the LaTeX file. Alternatively, the user can specify the name of the output BibTeX file with the bibfile argument.

Any citation key not found in the bibmanager database, will be shown on the screen prompt.

Options

texfile
Path to an existing LaTeX file.

bibfile
Path to an output BibTeX file.

-h, --help
Show this help message and exit.

Examples

# Generate a BibTeX file with references cited in my_file.tex:
bibm bibtex my_file.tex

# Generate a BibTeX file with references cited in my_file.tex,
# naming the output file 'this_file.bib':
bibm bibtex my_file.tex this_file.bib

latex

Compile a LaTeX file with the latex command.

Usage

bibm latex [-h] texfile [paper]

Description

This command compiles a LaTeX file using the latex command, executing the following calls:

  • Compute a BibTex file out of the citation calls in the .tex file.
  • Remove all outputs from previous compilations.
  • Call latex, bibtex, latex, latex to produce a .dvi file.
  • Call dvi2ps and ps2pdf to produce the final .pdf file.

Prefer this command over the bibm pdflatex command when the LaTeX file contains .ps or .eps figures (as opposed to .pdf, .png, or .jpeg).

Note that the user does not necessarily need to be in the dir where the LaTeX files are.

Options

texfile
Path to an existing LaTeX file.

paper
Paper format, e.g., letter or A4 (default=letter).

-h, --help
Show this help message and exit.

Examples

# Compile a LaTeX project:
bibm latex my_file.tex

# File extension can be ommited:
bibm latex my_file

# Compile, setting explicitely the output paper format:
bibm latex my_file A4

pdflatex

Compile a LaTeX file with the pdflatex command.

Usage

bibm pdflatex [-h] texfile

Description

This command compiles a LaTeX file using the pdflatex command, executing the following calls:

  • Compute a BibTeX file out of the citation calls in the LaTeX file.
  • Remove all outputs from previous compilations.
  • Call pdflatex, bibtex, pdflatex, pdflatex to produce a .pdf file.

Prefer this command over the bibm latex command when the LaTeX file contains .pdf, .png, or .jpeg figures (as opposed to .ps or .eps).

Note that the user does not necessarily need to be in the dir where the LaTeX files are.

Options

texfile
Path to an existing LaTeX file.

-h, --help
Show this help message and exit.

Examples

# Compile a LaTeX project:
bibm pdflatex my_file.tex

# File extension can be ommited:
bibm pdflatex my_file