.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" @(#)addbib.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
.Nd create or extend bibliographic database
When this program starts up, answering
prompt yields directions;
then prompts for various bibliographic fields,
reads responses from the terminal,
and sends output records to a
means to leave out that field.
means to go back to the previous field.
A trailing backslash allows a field to be continued on the next line.
either to resume by typing
to quit the current session by typing
with any system editor (.e.g.
option suppresses prompting for an abstract;
asking for an abstract is the default.
Abstracts are ended with a
to use a new prompting skeleton, defined in
This file should contain prompt strings, a tab,
and the key-letters to be written to the
The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below.
insulates you from these key-letters,
since it gives you prompts in English,
but if you edit the bibliography file later on,
you will need to know this information.
Book containing article referenced
City (place of publication)
Editor of book containing article referenced
Footnote number or label (supplied by
Header commentary, printed before reference
Journal containing article
Keywords to use in locating reference
Other commentary, printed at end of reference
Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)
Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)
Except for `A', each field should be given just once.
Only relevant fields should be supplied.
Refer \(em A Bibliography System
optional file to define prompting
Al Stangenberger, Bill Tuthill
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