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1.1     ! root        1: .TH ADDBIB 1 "18 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: addbib \- create or extend bibliographic database
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: \fBaddbib\fP  [ \fB\-p\fP  promptfile ]  [ \fB\-a\fP ]  database
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: When this program starts up, answering ``y''
        !             9: to the initial ``Instructions?'' prompt yields directions;
        !            10: typing ``n'' or \s-2RETURN\s0 skips them.
        !            11: .I Addbib
        !            12: then prompts for various bibliographic fields,
        !            13: reads responses from the terminal,
        !            14: and sends output records to a
        !            15: .I database.
        !            16: A null response (just \s-2RETURN\s0) means to leave out that field.
        !            17: A minus sign (\-) means to go back to the previous field.
        !            18: A trailing backslash allows a field to be continued on the next line.
        !            19: The repeating ``Continue?'' prompt allows the user
        !            20: either to resume by typing ``y'' or \s-2RETURN\s0,
        !            21: to quit the current session by typing ``n'' or ``q'',
        !            22: or to edit the
        !            23: .I database
        !            24: with any system editor \fI(vi, ex, edit, ed).\fP
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: The
        !            27: .B \-a
        !            28: option suppresses prompting for an abstract;
        !            29: asking for an abstract is the default.
        !            30: Abstracts are ended with a \s-2CTRL\s0-d.
        !            31: The
        !            32: .B \-p
        !            33: option causes
        !            34: .I addbib
        !            35: to use a new prompting skeleton, defined in
        !            36: .I promptfile.
        !            37: This file should contain prompt strings, a tab,
        !            38: and the key-letters to be written to the
        !            39: .I database.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: The most common key-letters and their meanings are given below.
        !            42: .I Addbib
        !            43: insulates you from these key-letters,
        !            44: since it gives you prompts in English,
        !            45: but if you edit the bibliography file later on,
        !            46: you will need to know this information.
        !            47: .sp
        !            48: .nf
        !            49:        %A      Author's name
        !            50:        %B      Book containing article referenced
        !            51:        %C      City (place of publication)
        !            52:        %D      Date of publication
        !            53:        %E      Editor of book containing article referenced
        !            54:        %F      Footnote number or label (supplied by \fIrefer\fP\|)
        !            55:        %G      Government order number
        !            56:        %H      Header commentary, printed before reference
        !            57:        %I      Issuer (publisher)
        !            58:        %J      Journal containing article
        !            59:        %K      Keywords to use in locating reference
        !            60:        %L      Label field used by \fB\-k\fP option of \fIrefer\fP
        !            61:        %M      Bell Labs Memorandum (undefined)
        !            62:        %N      Number within volume
        !            63:        %O      Other commentary, printed at end of reference
        !            64:        %P      Page number(s)
        !            65:        %Q      Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)
        !            66:        %R      Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)
        !            67:        %S      Series title
        !            68:        %T      Title of article or book
        !            69:        %V      Volume number
        !            70:        %X      Abstract \(em used by \fIroffbib\fP, not by \fIrefer\fP
        !            71:        %Y,Z    ignored by \fIrefer\fP
        !            72: .fi
        !            73: .sp
        !            74: Except for `A', each field should be given just once.
        !            75: Only relevant fields should be supplied.
        !            76: An example is:
        !            77: .sp
        !            78: .nf
        !            79:        %A      Bill Tuthill
        !            80:        %T      Refer \(em A Bibliography System
        !            81:        %I      Computing Services
        !            82:        %C      Berkeley
        !            83:        %D      1982
        !            84:        %O      \s-1UNX\s0 4.3.5.
        !            85: .fi
        !            86: .sp
        !            87: .SH FILES
        !            88: .DT
        !            89: promptfile     optional file to define prompting
        !            90: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            91: refer(1), sortbib(1), roffbib(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1)
        !            92: .SH AUTHORS
        !            93: Al Stangenberger, Bill Tuthill
        !            94: .SH BUGS
        !            95: Gets into a loop if not used with the -a flag.

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