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NAME

6       bibtex8 - 8-bit Big BibTeX
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SYNOPSIS

9       bibtex8 [options] aux-file
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DESCRIPTION

12       BibTeX8 is an 8-bit implementation of BibTeX written in C.  It has been
13       enhanced by adding the following features:
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15       - "big" (32-bit) and customisable capacity
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17       - flexible support for non-English languages using 8-bit character sets
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19       BibTeX8 accepts 8-bit characters in its input files, and  writes  8-bit
20       characters  to  its  output  files.  The character set is defined by an
21       external configuration file --- the  Codepage  and  Sort  order  ("CS")
22       file.   By  default,  it reads a specific CS file "88591lat.csf", which
23       defines ISO 8859-1 character set and  its  alphabetical  sorting  order
24       including accented characters.
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OPTIONS

27       -?  --help
28              display some brief help text.
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30       -7  --traditional
31              operate in the original 7-bit mode, no CS file used.  Only 7-bit
32              ASCII characters are supported, and they  are  sorted  by  ASCII
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35       -8  --8bit
36              force 8-bit mode, no CS file used.  All 8-bit characters (code >
37              127) are treated as letters, and they are sorted by  their  code
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40       -c  --csfile FILE
41              read  FILE as the BibTeX character set and sort definition file.
42              Note that options -7, -8 and -c are exclusive.
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44       -d  --debug TYPE
45              report debugging information.  TYPE is one or more of all,  csf,
46              io, mem, misc, search.
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48       -s  --statistics
49              report internal statistics.
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51       -t  --trace
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54       -v  --version
55              report BibTeX version.
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57       -B  --big
58              set large BibTeX capacity.
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60       -H  --huge
61              set huge BibTeX capacity.
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63       -W  --wolfgang
64              set really huge BibTeX capacity for Wolfgang.
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66       -M  --min_crossrefs ##
67              set min_crossrefs to ##.
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69       --mcites ##
70              allow ## \cites in the .aux files (deprecated).
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72       --mentints ##
73              allow ## integer entries in the .bib databases (deprecated).
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75       --mentstrs ##
76              allow ## string entries in the .bib databases (deprecated).
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78       --mfields ##
79              allow ## fields in the .bib databases (deprecated).
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81       --mpool ##
82              set the string pool to ## bytes (deprecated).
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84       --mstrings ##
85              allow ## unique strings.
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87       --mwizfuns ##
88              allow ## wizard functions (deprecated).
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SEE ALSO

91       More    detailed    description    of    BibTeX8    is   available   at
92       $TEXMFDIST/doc/bibtex8/00readme.txt.  The syntax of Codepage  and  Sort
93       order (CS) File can be found at $TEXMFDIST/doc/bibtex8/csfile.txt.
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AUTHORS

96       BibTeX8  was  written by Niel Kempson <kempson@snowyowl.co.uk> and Ale‐
97       jandro Aguilar-Sierra  <asierra@servidor.unam.mx>.   This  manpage  was
98       written  for  TeX  Live,  based  on  the  work  by Norbert Preining for
99       Debian/GNU Linux.
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