Dear ConText Users Being an age-old LaTeX user I thought I should give ConText a try. But then I stumbled over the first problem when trying to use BibTeX: Crossrefs don't seem to work properly. - the work that uses a crossref is listed incompletely in the publication list - the crossref'd work itself isn't included at all. I haven't found a solution on the web. * * * Details. I have a source file (cut for the relevant parts): -- start of content.tex -- \environment mainsetup \version[concept] \starttext Es wird eine \quotation{Übersichtliche Darstellung} angestrebt (vgl. \cite[wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen]\ §~132, S.~304f.). \completepublications \stoptext -- end of content.tex -- The setup file is in the directory above (for use in multiple docs, as suggested in the ConText documentation): -- start of mainsetup.tex -- \enableregime[utf] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=aps] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setupbibtex [database={~/Textsammlung/Central}, sort=author] \setupheadtext[de][pubs=Literatur] \startenvironment mainsetup \setupbodyfont[11pt] \mainlanguage[de] \stopenvironment -- end of mainsetup.tex -- The relevant part of the Central.bib is this (in this order, BibTeX expexts uses of crossrefs to appear before the resp. crossref'd entry): -- start of Central.bib -- @STRING{cy-fm = "Frankfurt (Main)"} @STRING{pb-skp = "Suhrkamp"} @STRING{wittgenstein = "Wittgenstein, Ludwig"} @incollection{wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen, Crossref = {wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe}, Edition = 11, Note = {Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte}, Pages = {225-580}, Title = {Philosophische Untersuchungen}, Volume = 1, Year = 1997 } @book{wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe, Address = cy-fm, Author = wittgenstein, Booktitle = {Werkausgabe}, Isbn = 3518099884, Publisher = pb-skp, Title = {Werkausgabe}, Year = 1984 } -- end of Central.bib -- The PDF output file after % texexec --pdf content % bibtext content % texexec --pdf content yields something like (characters may be distrupted due to conversion from UTF-8): -- start of content.pdf rendered as plain text -- Es wird eine "Übersichtliche Darstellung" der relevanten Begriffe angestrebt (vgl. [1] § 132, S. 304f.). Literatur 1 L. WittgensteinIn [??], p. 225-580. Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte. -- end of context.pdf -- A hint to the solution for an expert could be the bbl file. Note that the order of the entries is turned around: -- start of content.bbl -- \startpublication[k=wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe,t=book, a={Wittgenstein},y=1984, n=141,s=Wit84] \author[]{Ludwig}[L.]{}{Wittgenstein} \pubyear{1984} \title{Werkausgabe} \isbn{3518099884} \city{Frankfurt (Main)} \pubname{Suhrkamp} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen,t=incollec% tion, a={Wittgenstein},y=1997, n=140,s=Wit97] \artauthor[]{Ludwig}[L.]{}{Wittgenstein} \pubyear{1997} \arttitle{Philosophische untersuchungen} \crossref{wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe} \pages{225-580} \pages{225-580} \pubname{Suhrkamp} \note{Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte} \stoppublication -- end of content.bbl -- So: - The reference as such is found correctly. - The entry in the References has <note> and <pages> but not <title>, <edition> and <volume>, and <year>. - The crossreference is not properly processed. (and, actually, multiple pages should produce "pp." not "p.") It should be something like 1 L. Wittgenstein (1984) Werkausgabe. Frankfurt (Main): Suhrkamp. 2 L. Wittgenstein (1997) Philosophische Untersuchungen. In [1], Bd. 1, S. 225-580. Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte. (If ordered by author first, then year. Note also that in \language[de] "vol." should be "Bd." and "p." be "S.".) Coding for all files is UTF-8, things works as it they should in LaTeX. Any ideas of what to do or hints where to find more info? * * * Additional question: what is the best way to generate the bbl file in the project directory? (I use "Central.bib" for all my documents). Using % texexec mainsetup in the projects directory produces many unnecessary files (e.g. a dvi file) as it is only meant as a setup file. * * * I general, I like ConText. Strangely, it plays well with my mindset, as does the whole layout orientation with my taste. However, proper bibliography processing is a "killer feature" for me -- I have virtually no document whithout references. (I wonder, what the direction of the ConText development here is; arguably, odd old BibTeX has reached an end of its history and support for more modern and complete, e.g. XML-based formats would be preferable (say, MODS) -- considering the seeminly nice XML support that is already there.) Cheers & Thanks in advance! Ulf Martin