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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 ex‐
21       ternal configuration file --- the Codepage and Sort order ("CS")  file.
22       By  default,  it reads a specific CS file "88591lat.csf", which defines
23       ISO 8859-1 character set and its alphabetical sorting  order  including
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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,
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48       -s  --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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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 ##
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87       --mwizfuns ##
88              allow ## wizard functions (deprecated).
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8BIT LATIN LETTERS SUPPORT

92       BibTeX8  supports extended features to handle 8bit latin letters.  Sev‐
93       eral built-in functions in bibliography styles are enhanced as follows.
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95       &      Pops the top two (integer) literals  and  pushes  their  bitwise
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98       |      Pops the top two (integer) literals and pushes their bitwise OR.
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100       chr.to.int$, int.to.chr$
101              The  function is the same as original BibTeX but 8bit characters
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104       width$ The function is the same  as  original  BibTeX  but  letters  of
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SEE ALSO

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

113       BibTeX8 was written by Niel Kempson and Alejandro Aguilar-Sierra. It is
114       currently maintained as part of TeX Live.
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116       This manpage was written for TeX Live, based on  the  work  by  Norbert
117       Preining for Debian GNU/Linux.
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