Version 1.97, February 6, 2012
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o fixed compilation (no more -cclib -lstr)
o fixed translation of \u{a}, removed incorrect translations of \u{n}
and \u{N} (contributed by Domenico Bianculli)
o bib2bib conditions: support for \u (contributed by Domenico Bianculli)
o configure: option --disable-doc to avoid compiling the PDF documentation
o configure: pdflatex is searched for; if not found, documentation is disabled
Version 1.96, September 29, 2010
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o PDF documentation (manual.pdf) is compiled by default
o option -debug now prints the exact BibTeX commmand which is run
o new option --note-html similar to --note but assuming a bibtex
field already in HTML format
o various little changes in the Makefile requested by the Debian maintainer
Version 1.95, March 23, 2010
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o bib2bib: option "--php-output" to produce output as a PHP 2D array
o bib2bib: options "--remove" and "--rename", to remove or rename fields
o new headers with proper copyright
o bib2bib: option "--no-comment", to prevent generation of extra
comments
o fixed support for DOI links: when field "doi" is already an URL, the
DOI prefix is not prepended
o tags "bibtexnumber" and "bibtexitem" are now inserted to ease the
customization using CSS
Version 1.94, 07/05/09
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o support for arXiv preprints links: a field "eprint = {xxx}" will be
recognized, if any, and a link to http://arxiv.org/abs/ will be displayed;
option -noeprint turns it off and option -eprintf-prefix <url> sets a
different prefix for the urls (contributed by Ari Stern)
Version 1.93, 12/12/08
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o bib2bib: giving '$date' as argument of option -s allows to sort from
oldest to newest entry
o bib2bib: field names in conditions may contain digits and '-' (usefull for
custom fields)
Version 1.92, 08/07/08
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o Windows installer (using NSIS nsis.sourceforge.net)
o new bib2bib option --expand-xrefs to perform crossrefs expansion
o option -m (reading macros from a file):
- fixed macro definition with \def
- macros with arguments are now supported
o added accents conversion for tilda, and fixed accents conversion
for \"i, \"\i and such (patch by Samuel Colin)
o fixed bib2bib command line options to accept --warn-error and
--quiet (as described in the manual)
Version 1.91, 20/02/2008
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o fixed bug in bib2bib and bibtex2html when quotes (") are used in fields
o fixed bug with -nobibsource and -multiple (bib links on the separate pages)
Version 1.90, 01/02/2008
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o bib2bib: = and <> are now case insensitive; use == and != instead
to perform case sensitive comparison
o correctly support $x$$y$ where the central $$ is not passing into
display math mode
o more cases for accent macros \' \~ \. \u \v (patch by John Kewley)
Version 1.89, 08/01/2008
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o entry types and field names now typeset in lowercase in f_bib.html
o new option -unicode to use Unicode entities for some macros
(such as ◯ for \bigcirc, etc.)
o new option -html-entities to use HTML entities for some macros
such as \le, \approx, etc. (patch by Steven G. Johnson)
o new option -header to insert a header (similar to -footer)
(patch by Steven G. Johnson)
Version 1.88, 20/11/2007
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o new option -revkeys to number entries in reverse order
(patch by Walter Guttmann)
o fixed bug with '\ ' (backslash space) introduced in version 1.82
(shows up with -s gerplain)
o \c{C}, \"y, \"Y (patch by John Kewley)
o \k (using unicode entities, patch by John Kewley)
Version 1.87, 16/07/2007
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o \hat
o \mathfrak (supported but no font change, as for \mathcal ad \mathbb)
o \~a, \~A, \~o, and \~O
o -- translated to – and --- to —
Version 1.86, 21/03/2007
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o more accents macros: \oe \OE \~ \v \' \r
Version 1.85, 2/11/2006
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o fixed HTML output in f_bib.html: <pre> no more enclosed in <p>;
bibtex fields now typeset in lowercase; added links back to f.html
o macros \textin (<sub>), \textsu (<sup>), \textsi (<i>),
and macros \textln, \textos, \textdf, \textsw without translation
o fixed bug in --quiet under Windows
o option -t now sets the title of f_bib.html too (and of entries
files when used with -multiple)
Version 1.84, 19/10/2006
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o improved support for MRNUMBER of AMS styles: only first word used
in URL link
Version 1.83, 13/09/2006
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o support for DOI links: a field "DOI = {xxx}" will be recognized, if any,
and a link to http://dx.doi.org/xxx will be displayed;
option -no-doi turns it off and option -doi-prefix <url> sets a
different prefix for the DOI urls
o macro \H (Hungarian umlauts)
o new option -linebreak to insert a linebreak between an entry and its links
o new option -use-table to enforce the use of a table (to be used
_after_ -no-keys if needed)
Version 1.82, 07/06/2006
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o `` and '' translated to “ and ”
o aesthetic changes:
- no more line break between the entry and the links;
- more space between an abstract and the next entry
o improving date parsing: month field such as "2~" # dec is now parsed
o fixed bug: a space after a macro is now discarded
Version 1.81, 12/05/2006
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o new option --print-keys to display the sorted keys (and exit)
o improved date sorting to handle months such as mar # "\slash " # apr
o no table anymore with -nokeys (only HTML paragraphs)
Version 1.80, 15/3/2006
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o remove leading ./ in front of relative URLs (was introduced a long
time ago to circumvent an Internet Explorer bug; see below)
o no more escaping of the character & in URLs
Version 1.79, 22/2/2006
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o fixed bug with ISO-latin characters in bib2bib conditions
o fixed bug with implicit abbrevs (jan, feb, etc.)
Version 1.78, 16/12/2005
Version 1.77, 18/11/2005
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o fixed bug with unbalanced brackets in bib2bib/bibtex2html output
Version 1.76, 22/9/2005
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o translation of \'c
o replaced ISO latin 1 characters with their entity codes
o support for Czech characters (both contributed by Danny Chrastina)
Version 1.75, 2/2/2005
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o updated manual (the manual was not reflecting the change of f-bib
into f_bib in version 1.74; see below)
Version 1.74, 22/10/2004
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o bib2bib: special characters \n \r \t and \ddd in regular expressions
o fix minor bug: when looking for cross-references, comparison of
keys is now case-insensitive
o footer and bibtex entries now enclosed in HTML paragraphs (<p>...</p>)
o in case of syntax error, the key of the entry where the error
occurred is shown
o new option -no-links to disable weblinks
o fix bug in bib2bib: preamble now enclosed with a single pair of braces
o bibtex entries now in f_bib.html (instead of f-bib.html)
Version 1.72, 3/9/2004
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o --help now prints on standard output and exits successfully
o fixed bug with very long keys (when bibtex inserts % to cut lines)
o arguments to macros read from a file (option -m) are discarded
Version 1.71, 24/8/2004
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o improved date sorting algorithm to handle days (e.g. month = "June 29")
o bib2bib: crossrefs are expanded before conditions are checked
o bib2bib: '_' allowed in field identifiers
o added option -w (--warn-error) to stop immediately when a warning
is issued.
Version 1.70, 30/6/2004
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o fixed bug with crossrefs not translated from LaTeX to HTML
o macros for Greek letters now translated to HTML entities
Version 1.69, 6/4/2004
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o macros \bysame, \MR and \MRhref for AMS* stylew
o modified -bib.html output to circumvent a Konqueror bug
Version 1.68, 16/03/2004
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o fixed bug with parentheses-enclosed entries
o macros \relax, \hskip
Version 1.66, 18/02/2004
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o characters ( and ) in keys
o New FAQ: pb with quotes under MS Windows
Version 1.65, 3/10/2003
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o better handling of accented letters, in particular LaTeX commands
for accents are taken into account in regular expressions.
o fixed bug: keywords were duplicated with -single
o web links automatically inserted for -f and -nf fields in the .bib file
o new option -use-keys to use the original keys from the .bib file
o new option -single to put everything into a single page
o HTML links inserted in the BibTeX entries page
Version 1.61, 15/7/2003
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o quoted & in URLS (&)
o macro \href
o bib2bib does not stop anymore when no matching citation is
found, and in such a case an empty file is generated.
Version 1.60, 19/6/2003
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o new bib2bib option -s to sort the bibliography (and -r to reverse the sort)
o macros \cal, \small
Version 1.59, 16/6/2003
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o LaTeX '~' translated into
o field "postscript" treated as "ps"
o fixed links when -o used with a full path
o fixed behavior with -nf abstract ...
o macro \$
Version 1.57, 9/4/2003
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o option --note f to declare field f as an annotation (and then displayed
like an "abstract" field)
Version 1.56 12/11/2002
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o bib2bib: fixed bug in conditions lexer
o fixed parser error in @preamble
o ./configure updated
Version 1.54 10/7/2002
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o option --no-header to suppress bibtex2html command in the HTML output
o HTML output: tags in lowercase, quoted attributes, <br> -> <br />
o fixed bug in Makefile.in (man pages installation)
Version 1.53 18/6/2002
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o keywords displayed if a field "keywords" is present; option --no-keywords
o aux2bib now handles multiple citations (\citation{foo,bar,gee})
(patch by Jose Ramon Alvarez Sanchez)
Version 1.52 15/01/2002
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o fixed bug in evaluation of <> operator in bib2bib conditions
o fixed bugs in URLs display
o new tool aux2bib by Ralf Treinen
o removed <font size> when option -css is used
o added macro \frac
o added .txt and .html as recognized file extensions
Version 1.51 15/10/2001
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o fixed bug in links to not compressed documents; nicer names for links
o fixed bug in --quiet
o option -dl to format entries with <DL> instead of <TABLE>
o spaces quoted in HTML comment giving the bibtex2html command
o macro \path (treated like \verb)
Version 1.5 10/10/2001
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o less invasive links (to BibTeX entries and files)
o option -css to specify a style sheet
o macro \textcolor now translated (patch by François Pottier)
o option -bg to set background color (patch by François Pottier)
o fixed HTML errors (unclosed tags)
Version 1.46 21/2/2001
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o code documented with ocamlweb (but still poor comments)
o fixed bug for links' names
o fixed a minor HTML error (inversion of <blockquote> and <font>)
Version 1.45 31/1/2001
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o option -nf to specify how to display the link (patch by François Pottier)
Version 1.44 11/1/2001
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o bibtex2html: href bugfix for generation in output dir (Jan Nieuwenhuizen)
o macros \lor and \land (translation of raw ASCII)
o brackets { } are now ignored when comparing or matching strings in
bib2bib conditions
Version 1.41 30/6/2000
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o configured by GNU autoconf
o option -labelname to use the label name when inserting a link
o fixed bug in option -t when bibtex file read on standard input
o relative URL not prefixed with ./ when email addresses
o macro \par translated to <p> not <br>
o added symbols '&', '|', '!' and '?' resp. for synonyms of 'and',
'or', 'not' and 'exists'
o replaced notations '$' and '#' resp. by '$key' and '$type' in
bib2bib conditions
o all macros \xxfamily, \xxseries and \xxshape
o fixed bug in translating unbalanced quotes to HTML
o bib2bib: predicate "exists" added in conditions to check existence
of a field
o bib2bib: new semantics for non-existent fields in conditions
o bib2bib: added # in conditions to refer to the entry type
o bib2bib: strings may now be written between single quotes
o macros \mathsf, \mathtt, \mathnormal, \TeX, \LaTeXe
o option -q, --quiet: do not write anything to stderr except errors
Version 1.4, 19/6/2000
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o fixed 2 bugs in bib2bib: it is now allowed to have the same key for
an abbrev and for a regular entry. An abbrev that refer itself to
other abbrevs is now correctly handled.
o fixed bug: abbreviations were not correctly expansed in the -bib file
o relative URL now prefixed by ./ (otherwise Internet Explorer can't resolve
them correctly)
o arguments to option -f are now turned into uppercase
o added options -fsuffix / -lsuffix to specify different suffixes for
HTML files and links (-suffix s is equivalent to -fsuffix s -lsuffix s)
o fixed bug: entries were sorted in reverse order when no order specified
o remove nested tags <a> (incorrect HTML)
o closed tags <td> with </td>
o added macro \html (raw HTML)
o fixed bug with both -nodoc and -multiple
Version 1.3, 2/6/2000
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o sorting according to dates: bibtex2html no more fails on incorrect
dates but issues a warning; if no date is present, the date of the
crossref is used, if any.
o macros: \LaTeX, \v, \tm, \sl
o character / in keys
o option --hevea-url to translate macro \url as HeVeA's instead of LaTeX's
o bib2bib now takes care of repeated entries (See the manual)
o \textsf now translated as \textbf (i.e. to bold face)
o production of valid HTML (Thanks to John Kewley)
Version 1.2, 1999/02/10
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o manual.tex does not require hevea.sty anymore
o fixed wrong link to bibtex entries in the page with abstracts
o implementation: use of the ocaml module Buffer
o fixed bug: authorize & in keys
o bib2bib conditions now take LaTeX accents into account. For example
\'e, \'{e} and é are all considered identical. Some accents still
have to be considered. A new module Latex_accents has been added
for that purpose.
o much more LaTeX macros translated
o macro \u (a romanian accent) recognized (but \u{s} simply outputs s)
o option --raw-url to print URL instead of files's types.
Version 1.1, 1999/11/05
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o bibtex2html version is written at the end of the document and inside the
HTML source
o options --output and --nobibsource for bibtex2html
o bibtex2html now reads on standard input if no input file is given,
and writes on standard output (if no output file is specified).
o new option of bib2bib: --expand expands the abbreviations
o macro \neq -> <>
o Readbib now outputs messages on standard error, not standard output
o in bib2bib conditions, $ means the key of an entry
o changed behaviour of bib2bib, in order to be used as a filter :
. if no input files, input is taken from standard input
. if no -ob option, output is done on standard output
. if no -oc option, no citation file created at all
o bib2bib now supports options --version and --warranty
o macro \% -> %
o macro \ss -> ß
o authorize + in keys
Version 1.0, 1999/07/15
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o option --footer
o condition are now arbitrary boolean expressions over comparaisons
and matchings
o macro \mathcal
o bib2bib is able to parse conditions of the form field:regexp (but
only one condition at a time)
o the bib output :
. is in the same order as the original one
. option -noexpand produces an bib output still containing @STRINGs
(but notice that crossrefs are never expanded)
o the default bibtex command is "bibtex -min-crossrefs=1000" in order
to avoid citation to the crossrefs. (This behaviour is obtained
only when using a -citefile where the crossrefs are not included.)
o macros with nested braces now recognized correctly
o macros \textrm and \textsl
o option -citefile to read keys to cite from a file
o macros \sim, \symbol; macros for accents without argument (\~{}, \'{}, etc.)
Version 0.95, 1999/06/02
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o german macros when using a german BibTeX style
o comma suppressed after last field in BibTeX entries file
o macro \textit
o comma after "BibTeX entry" suppressed when not needed
Version 0.91, 1999/04/19
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o bug fix in links to BibTeX entries in the page with abstracts
o code optimization
Version 0.9, 1999/02/12
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o option -both to make both versions with and without abstracts
o suffix .zip added for compressed files
Version 0.8, 1999/02/08
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o option -multiple (one file per entry)
o bug fixed in syntax error line report
o translation for macros \DH, \th
o file types prefixed by "Compressed" when it is the case
o file suffixes PDF and RTF recognized
o abstracts printed in a smaller font (<font size=-1>)
Version 0.72, 1999/01/21
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o option -warranty to get the warranty conditions
o translation of various LaTeX accents
Version 0.71, 1999/01/11
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o translation for macros \o, \O, \ae, \AE, \aa, \AA
Version 0.7, 1998/11/18
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o on-line documentation
o option -f, --field
o long names for all options
o more math macros, better handling of {sub,sup}scripts
o option -noabstract
o option -nofooter
Version 0.61, 1998/10/19
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o option -nokeys
Version 0.6, 1998/02/17
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o spaces in URL are removed
o compilation in native code
Version 0.4, 1998/01/28
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o multiple bibliographies
o read macros in a file
Version 0.3, 1997/11/06
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o option -c to specify a command
o quick sort of entries
o macro \url is translated into a HTML link
Version 0.2, 1997/10/24
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o new presentation with only 2 files (F.html and F-bib.html)
Version 0.1, 1997/07/17
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o first public release
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