CB2BIB(1)

💖 cb2bib — okay bestie, let's extract some references 💖

the manual page for cb2bib (section 1 of the manual, iykyk)

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✨ NAME ✨

cb2bib — software to extract bibliographic references from various sources 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cb2bib

cb2bib  [--conf [filename.conf]] [action] [filename1 [filename2 ... ]]

c2bimport <imported reference file>

c2bciter [space-separated list of BibTeX files or directories]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so cb2bib is a software to extract bibliographic references from unformatted and non standard sources, like, for example:

1. email alerts
2. journal Web pages
3. PDF files

Captured references are provided to the user for inspection in a graphical form. Once validated, the references are transformed into BibTeX records which might be appended to a user-defined BibTeX bib file. iconic behavior honestly ✨

The software allows one to peruse a BibTeX file and to send to the clipboard a citation of all the records currently selected. A pipe is also setup with the LyX LaTeX editor. 🫶

When invoked with the -h | --help option, cb2bib lists all the options that are available on the command line. so if you're ever lost, just ask it, bestie

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🎀 VARIANTS 🎀

• cb2bib — is the main program. main character energy fr fr 👑
• c2bimport — is equivalent to using cb2bib --import (this variant takes only one file name as parameter).
• c2bciter — is equivalent to using cb2bib --citer.

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💜 OPTION 💜

• --conf [filename.conf] — Use configuration file

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🌈 ACTIONS 🌈

• --configure [filename.conf] — Edit configuration
• --bibedit [filename1.bib [filename2.bib ... ]] — Edit/browse BibTeX files
• --citer [filename1.bib [filename2.bib ... ]] — Start cb2Bib citer
• --import <tmp_reference_filename> — Imports reference, usually from ad hoc websites
• --doc2bib fn1.doc [fn2.doc ... ] reference.bib — Extract reference from document file
• --txt2bib fn1.txt [fn2.txt ... ] reference.bib — Extract reference from text file
• --html-annote filename.tex — Convert annote file to HTML
• --view-annote filename.tex — Convert and visualize annote file
• --view-annote filename.tex.html — Visualize annote file

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⌨️ KEY SHORTCUTS ⌨️

Key: Description — here's the whole hotkey menu, no gatekeeping 💅

• Alt A — Open cb2Bib Annote
• Alt B — Edit Bookmarks
• Alt C — Preparses cb2Bib's clipboard
• Alt D — Deletes temporary BibTeX output file
• Alt E — Edit Regular Expressions
• Alt F — Select File source filename
• Alt I — Insert Regular Expression
• Alt J — Edit Journal Abbreviations
• Alt O — Open File Document
• Alt P — Postprocess BibTeX
• Alt R — Restarts automatic recognition
• Esc — Quits cb2Bib popup menu
• Right — Click Editor popup menu

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

cb2bib                                        Starts cb2Bib extraction
    program

cb2bib --import tmp_reference_filename        Imports a reference from a
file

cb2bib --bibedit filename.bib                 Edits BibTeX filename.bib

cb2bib --conf                                 Starts cb2Bib in USB mode

cb2bib --doc2bib *.pdf references.bib         Extracts references from
PDF title pages

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💀 NOTES 💀

• The file cb2bib.conf must be readable and writable. If it does not exist, the cb2Bib will create one based on predefined defaults. it just handles it, periodt
• Use switch --conf to particularize specific settings for specific actions.
• If starting the cb2Bib from a removable media use the command cb2bib --conf without configuration filename. Settings will be read from and written to /cb2bib/full/path/cb2bib.conf, being therefore independent of the mounting address that the host computer will provide.
• To import references from a browser select when asked c2bimport, which expands to cb2bib --import %f. The browser will provide the temporary reference filename. The temporary file is deleted once imported.
• A number of factors influence the reliability of automatic extractions. Consider writing customized regular expressions and network queries, and use metadata when available.

😭 Important 😭

The commands --doc2bib and --txt2bib do not append the references to the references.bib. They create a new file, or silently overwrites it if already exists. like bestie, SILENTLY. it will not warn you. be careful fr. 💀

The website http://www.molspaces.com/d_cb2bib-overview.php has detailed instructions corresponding to different use cases. 🦋

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📚 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES TO BE CITED 📚

• P. Constans (2009) "A simple extraction procedure for bibliographical author field", arXiv:0902.0755.
• P. Constans (2007) "Approximate textual retrieval", arXiv:0705.0751.

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

bib2pdf(1), med2bib(1), isi2bib(1), ris2bib(1)

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💖 AUTHORS 💖

• Pere Constans <constans@molspaces.com>
  • Program author.
• Filippo Rusconi <lopippo@debian.org>
  • Man-page author for the Debian distribution.

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright © 2004-2008 Pere Constans Copyright © 2009,2017 Filippo Rusconi

This manual page was written for the Debian system by Filippo Rusconi <lopippo@debian.org>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3, published by the Free Software Foundation.

On a Debian system the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 3 can be found in the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

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and that's the whole page bestie, hope it ate 💅✨

this page is from the cb2bib manual, September 2009 edition — shoutout to whoever packaged this for the distro, you're the real one 🫶🎀