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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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