citeproc(1)

📦 version 2021.20220204, in ubuntu jammy

🌸 citeproc — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, this is the man page for citeproc, from the General Commands Manual section of your local manual collection. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "small tool, big job" energy. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

citeproc — make CSL citations and bibliography for LaTeX 🎀

like. that's the whole vibe. it makes your citations. it makes your bibliography. for LaTeX. iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

citeproc [<options>] auxname[.aux]

so you run it with some options if you want, and then an auxname, and honestly you can even leave off the .aux part and she'll figure it out 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so the citeproc engine is a Citation Style Language processor for LaTeX. no cap.

here's the whole thing, and it's genuinely this simple:

  • it reads the auxiliary (.aux) file called auxname
  • and it creates a bibliography (.bbl) file 🌈

that's it. that's the job. in goes aux, out comes bbl, and your bibliography is literally served. periodt 🫶

👑 OPTIONS 👑

two options. two. she's minimal, she's focused, she knows what she's about 😌

  • -h — prints the usage and exits. like, "here's how you use me, bye bestie" 💖
  • -V — prints the version number and exits. not me checking the version, anyway she tells you and dips ✨
lowercase -h, capital -V. they are not the same letter, bestie, and the tool will lowkey not know what you meant if you mix them up 🙈

💌 AUTHOR 💌

Zeping Lee <zepinglee@gmail.com> — the actual legend behind this 🧚

and if something's broken, or weird, or you just have thoughts, please log issues on the GitHub homepage:

https://github.com/zepinglee/citeproc-lua/issues

fr fr, that's where the issue logging happens, don't just yell into the void 🦋

and that's the page!! this one was version 0.1.0 of the citeproc(1) manual — yeah, we're at 0.1.0, we're in our early era, we're growing 💖✨🌸

go cite something, bestie. your bibliography is gonna eat 💅🎀

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