refdb_latex2utf8txt (1)

Converts bibtex bibliographic data to utf-8 plain text

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  4. refdb_latex2utf8txt: Converts bibtex bibliographic data to utf-8 plain text

SYNOPSIS

refdb_latex2utf8txt

DESCRIPTION

refdb_latex2utf8txt is a helper tool which is used by bib2ris-utf8 to clean up the output of bib2ris. It is implemented as a filter which reads from stdin and writes to stdout, without any command-line options.

DIAGNOSTICS

The exit code of refdb_latex2utf8txt is always 0 (zero).

DATA PROCESSING

The conversion that this tool performs was designed to facilitate the import of reference data from bibtex, through bib2ris (1), to RefDB.

Foreign and special characters which are encoded as LaTeX commands are converted to their UTF-8 counterparts.

All other LaTeX command are stripped off.

RELATED TO refdb_latex2utf8txt…

RefDB (7), bib2ris (1).

RefDB manual (local copy) PREFIX/share/doc/refdb-<version>/refdb-manual/index.html

RefDB manual (web) <\m[blue]http://refdb.sourceforge.net/manual/index.html\m[]>

RefDB on the web <\m[blue]http://refdb.sourceforge.net/\m[]>

AUTHOR

refdb_latex2utf8txt was written by Markus Hoenicka <[email protected]> based on a similar script by Peter Csizmadia.