On Tue, 16 May 2006 10:38:18 +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

nico wrote:

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Hello,

I wonder if it is possible to display several publication lists. Can we achieve this with the bib module? What I would like to do is to split the publication list into different sections, like this:

You cannot do this, sorry.

Hm, I think it could be interesting to add such a feature to context, but I understand it cannot be done immediately. Latex already have such things (chapterbib, bibtopic) and IMHO there is a real need for this. Regards, BG

On Tue, 16 May 2006 15:27:46 +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

nico wrote:

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Hm, I think it could be interesting to add such a feature to context, but I understand it cannot be done immediately. Latex already have such things

Sure. Can you point me to the documentation of 'bibtopic'

http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/bibtopic.pdf

and also propose a calling / configuration syntax for the ConTeXt version? (it is easier for me if I know what to work towards)

I don't know if it's doable or if it breaks the consistency of the current interface, but I would see something like the list mechanism: \definebiblist[name][\setupbiblist options] \setupbiblist[name][\setuppublicationlist options] \setupbibfile[name][\setupbibtex options] \placebiblist[name] \definecombinedbiblist[bibgroup][biblist list][\setupcombinedlist options] \setupcombinedlist[bibgroup][ not yet clear what options it should provide ] \startbibentry[name][\startpublication options] \setupcite[name][what][options] (name optional) \cite[name][what][ref] or \cite[what][name:ref] (name optional) To keep the current interface, a default global publication list could exist: \setuppublicationlist = \setupbiblist[publication] \startpublication = \startbibentry[publication] \placepublications = \placebiblist[publication] \setupbibtex = \setupbibfile[publication] Example of use: % the specs come only from bibtex files \definebiblist[specs][criterium=all] \setupbibtex[specs][database={spec1,spec2},sort=short] \definebiblist[manuals][criterium=all] \setupbibtex[manuals][database=manbase,sort=short] % also an embedded definition for the manuals \startbibentry[manuals][k=me,t=manual,a=Hoekwater,y=2006] \author[]{Taco}[T.]{}{Hoekwater} \title{Publication Module} \stopbibentry % all the biblio stuff \definecombinedbiblist[allbibs][specs,manuals][criterium=all] % let's go \starttext \chapter{The doc} \section{References in the chapter} \subsection{Specifications} \placebiblist[specs][criterium=cite] \subsection{Manuals} \placebiblist[manuals][criterium=local] \section{Introduction} As explained in \cite[manuals][key][me]... \chapter{References Summary} \placecombinedlist[allbibs] \stoptext What is not clear for me: - if the bibentry numbering must be global or could restart to 1 for each list, - if it is really feasible to place the biblists several times in the doc, and if so, to which list the \cite actually points to. I hope that all of this doesn't sound too stupid :-) Regards, BG

On Wed, 17 May 2006 11:08:50 +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

nico wrote:

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I don't know if it's doable or if it breaks the consistency of the current interface, but I would see something like the list mechanism:

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Ok, I can wait. If I can help by testing some beta releases of the module, tell me. Regards, BG