mtx-bibtex(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to mtx-bibtex(1) — yeah, section 1 of the manual, that's the one. and what does it do? bibtex helpers. that's the whole name. short, sweet, iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the vibe check on how you actually call it:

mtxrun --script bibtex [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

so you're not running mtx-bibtex directly, you're going through mtxrun with --script bibtex, then your OPTIONS ..., then optionally your FILENAMES. the brackets are doing the "this part is optional" thing, not the "we're being mysterious" thing. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bibtex helpers

that's it. that's the description. no cap, that's the entire thing. it's giving minimalist main character energy and honestly? ate. 🔥

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

four of them. tiny list. precious. let's go one by one, no skipping, we don't do that here 💜

  • --toxml — converts your bibtex database(s) into xml. slay, structured data, very demure.
  • --tolua — converts your bibtex database(s) into lua. yes plural databases, she does batches. ✨
  • --totxt — converts your bibtex database(s) into text, formatted as key = value. plain, simple, readable, iykyk.
  • --search — searches your bibtex database(s). 🔍 (fun fact: the original spells it seatch and honestly? we respect the typo era. but it means search, bestie. 🫶)
💀 lowkey a warning-ish note even though the original didn't say it loud: every single one of these is about "database(s)" — plural — so like, bring your whole folder if you want. there are no other flags hiding in here, so if it's not on this list it isn't a thing. periodt.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

all the lore about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it lives here, bestie — go look, it's giving very "official documents" energy:

those URLs are copied exactly, character for character, don't come for me 🌈

cute sign-off 🎀

and that's the whole page! this lil beauty is version 1.00, dated 01-01-2026 — yes, new year, new manpage, main character behavior. bye bestie, go convert some bibtex 💖🧚‍♀️🦋

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