eho@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Eric Ho) (01/07/90)
OK, does anyone out there have any detailed documentations on postfix stack language used in the bst files ? Actually, I'm trying to find out the model of computation used in this language -- i.e. is it closely follow that of postscript, how are data defined and used, how many and what kind of stacks are involved, model of executions, how are functions/routines defined and used/called, how are functions/procedure/routines distinguished from operators (that is, if there is any difference at all) ..etc... Why do I need this info/doc ? Well, I need to fix some "bugs" found in apalike.bst (24-Jan-88 version) -- for instance, in @book and @incollections, the address is separated from the publisher by a comma instead of a colon. However, the comma is outputed not directly from the book or incollection routines but perhaps from the output.nonull routine so somehow I need to understand this language in order to understand this "program" (bst file) properly so that I can fix this damn comma. The man pages from bibtex provides some help but I still need more info on the language (esp. it's model of computation) so that I won't fall into subtle pitfalls. I'm running that latest version of bibtex (0.99 I believe). Any pointers welcomed. -- Eric Ho Princeton University eho@confidence.princeton.edu
dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (dhosek) (01/07/90)
There is a file btxhax.tex which describes how BibTeX style files
work. If you can't find it locally, ou can FTP it from ymir.claremont.edu
in the directory SOFTWARE:[ANONYMOUS.TEX.SOURCES.BIBTEX0_99]
-dh
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