REFDB_LATEX2UTF8TXT(1)

NAME
refdb_latex2utf8txt - converts bibtex bibliographic data to UTF-8 plain text

SYNOPSIS

refdb_latex2utf8txt

DESCRIPTION

refdb_latex2utf8txt is a helper tool which is used by bib2ris-utf8 to clean up the output of bib2ris. It is implemented as a filter which reads from stdin and writes to stdout, without any command-line options.

DIAGNOSTICS

The exit code of refdb_latex2utf8txt is always 0 (zero).

DATA PROCESSING

    • The conversion that this tool performs was designed to facilitate the import of reference data from bibtex, through bib2ris (1), to RefDB.

    • Foreign and special characters which are encoded as LaTeX commands are converted to their UTF-8 counterparts.

    • All other LaTeX command are stripped off.

SEE ALSO

RefDB (7), bib2ris (1).

RefDB manual (local copy) PREFIX/share/doc/refdb-<version>/refdb-manual/index.html

RefDB manual (web) <http://refdb.sourceforge.net/manual/index.html>

RefDB on the web <http://refdb.sourceforge.net/>

AUTHOR

refdb_latex2utf8txt was written by Markus Hoenicka <markus@mhoenicka.de> based on a similar script by Peter Csizmadia.