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1.1     ! root        1: .TH REFER 1 alice
        !             2: .CT 1 writing_troff
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: refer, lookbib, pubindex \- maintain and use bibliographic references
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B refer
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I option ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .B lookbib
        !            12: [
        !            13: .I file ...
        !            14: ]
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: .B pubindex
        !            17: .I file ...
        !            18: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            19: .I Refer
        !            20: is a preprocessor for
        !            21: .I nroff
        !            22: or
        !            23: .IR troff (1)
        !            24: that finds and formats references.
        !            25: The input files (standard input default) are copied to the standard output,
        !            26: except for lines between
        !            27: .L .[
        !            28: and
        !            29: .L .]
        !            30: which are assumed to contain keywords
        !            31: and are replaced by information from the bibliographic data base.
        !            32: The user may avoid the search, override fields from it, or
        !            33: add new fields.
        !            34: The reference data, from whatever source, are assigned to a set of
        !            35: .I troff
        !            36: strings.
        !            37: Macro packages such as
        !            38: .IR ms (6)
        !            39: print the finished reference text from these strings.
        !            40: A flag is placed in the text at the point of reference;
        !            41: by default the references are indicated by numbers.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: The following options are available:
        !            44: .TP
        !            45: .BI -a r
        !            46: Reverse the first
        !            47: .I r
        !            48: author names (Jones, J. A. instead of J. A. Jones).
        !            49: If
        !            50: .I r
        !            51: is omitted all author names are reversed.
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .B -b
        !            54: Bare mode: do not put any flags in text (neither numbers nor labels).
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: .BI -c string
        !            57: Capitalize (with C\s-2APS\s0 S\s-2MALL\s+2 C\s-2APS\s0)
        !            58: the fields whose key-letters are in
        !            59: .IR string .
        !            60: .TP
        !            61: .B -e
        !            62: Instead of leaving the references where encountered,
        !            63: accumulate them
        !            64: until a sequence of the form
        !            65: .IP
        !            66: .EX
        !            67: \&.[
        !            68: $LIST$
        !            69: \&.]
        !            70: .EE
        !            71: .IP
        !            72: is encountered, and then write out all references
        !            73: collected so far.
        !            74: Collapse references to the same source.
        !            75: .TP
        !            76: .BI -k x
        !            77: Instead of numbering references, use labels as specified in
        !            78: a
        !            79: reference data line
        !            80: beginning
        !            81: .BI % x;
        !            82: by default
        !            83: .I x
        !            84: is
        !            85: .B L.
        !            86: .TP
        !            87: .BI -l m , n
        !            88: Instead of numbering references, use labels made from
        !            89: the senior author's last name and the year of publication.
        !            90: Only the first
        !            91: .I m
        !            92: letters of the last name
        !            93: and the last
        !            94: .I n
        !            95: digits of the date are used.
        !            96: If either
        !            97: .I m
        !            98: or
        !            99: .I n
        !           100: is omitted the entire name or date respectively is used.
        !           101: .TP
        !           102: .B -p
        !           103: Take the next argument as a file of
        !           104: references to be searched.
        !           105: The default file is searched last.
        !           106: .TP
        !           107: .B -n
        !           108: Do not search the default file.
        !           109: .TP
        !           110: .BI -s keys
        !           111: Sort references by fields whose key-letters are in
        !           112: the
        !           113: .I keys
        !           114: string;
        !           115: permute
        !           116: reference numbers in text accordingly.
        !           117: Implies
        !           118: .BR -e .
        !           119: The key-letters in
        !           120: .I keys
        !           121: may be followed by a number to indicate how many such fields
        !           122: are used, with
        !           123: .B +
        !           124: taken as a very large number.
        !           125: The default is
        !           126: .B AD
        !           127: which sorts on the senior author and then date; to sort, for example,
        !           128: on all authors and then title use
        !           129: .BR -sA+T .
        !           130: .PP
        !           131: A bibliographic reference in a
        !           132: .B -p
        !           133: file is a set of lines
        !           134: that contain bibliographic information fields.
        !           135: Empty lines separate references.
        !           136: Each field starts on a line beginning with
        !           137: .LR % ,
        !           138: followed
        !           139: by a key-letter, followed by a blank, and followed by the
        !           140: contents of the field, which continues until the next line
        !           141: starting with 
        !           142: .LR % .
        !           143: The most common key-letters and the corresponding fields are:
        !           144: .TP
        !           145: .L A
        !           146: Author name
        !           147: .PD0
        !           148: .TP
        !           149: .L B
        !           150: Title of book containing article referenced
        !           151: .TP
        !           152: .L C
        !           153: City
        !           154: .TP
        !           155: .L D
        !           156: Date
        !           157: .TP
        !           158: .L d
        !           159: Alternate date
        !           160: .TP
        !           161: .L E
        !           162: Editor of book containing article referenced
        !           163: .TP
        !           164: .L G
        !           165: Government (CFSTI) order number
        !           166: .TP
        !           167: .L I
        !           168: Issuer (publisher)
        !           169: .TP
        !           170: .L J
        !           171: Journal
        !           172: .TP
        !           173: .L K
        !           174: Other keywords to use in locating reference
        !           175: .TP
        !           176: .L M
        !           177: Technical memorandum number
        !           178: .TP
        !           179: .L N
        !           180: Issue number within volume
        !           181: .TP
        !           182: .L O
        !           183: Other commentary to be printed at end of reference
        !           184: .TP
        !           185: .L P
        !           186: Page numbers
        !           187: .TP
        !           188: .L R
        !           189: Report number
        !           190: .TP
        !           191: .L r
        !           192: Alternate report number
        !           193: .TP
        !           194: .L T
        !           195: Title of article, book, etc.
        !           196: .TP
        !           197: .L V
        !           198: Volume number
        !           199: .TP
        !           200: .L X
        !           201: Commentary unused by
        !           202: .I pubindex
        !           203: .PD
        !           204: .PP
        !           205: Except for 
        !           206: .LR A ,
        !           207: each field should only be given once.
        !           208: Only relevant fields should be supplied.
        !           209: When
        !           210: .I refer
        !           211: is used with
        !           212: .I eqn,
        !           213: .I neqn
        !           214: or
        !           215: .IR tbl (1),
        !           216: .I refer
        !           217: should be first, to minimize the volume
        !           218: of data passed through
        !           219: pipes.
        !           220: .PP
        !           221: .I Lookbib
        !           222: accepts keywords from the standard input
        !           223: and searches a bibliographic data base for references
        !           224: that contain those keywords any where in the title, author,
        !           225: journal name, etc.
        !           226: Matching references are printed on the standard output.
        !           227: Blank lines are taken as delimiters between queries.
        !           228: .PP
        !           229: .I Pubindex
        !           230: makes a hashed inverted index to
        !           231: the named bibliographic
        !           232: .I files
        !           233: for use by
        !           234: .I refer.
        !           235: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           236: .EX
        !           237: %T 5-by-5 Palindromic Word Squares
        !           238: %A M. D. McIlroy
        !           239: %J Word Ways
        !           240: %V 9
        !           241: %P 199-202
        !           242: %D 1976
        !           243: .EE
        !           244: .SH FILES
        !           245: .TF /usr/dict/papers
        !           246: .TP
        !           247: .F /usr/dict/papers
        !           248: directory of default publication lists and indexes
        !           249: .TP
        !           250: .F /usr/lib/refer
        !           251: directory of programs
        !           252: .TP
        !           253: .IB x .ia ", x" .ib ", x" .ic
        !           254: where
        !           255: .I x
        !           256: is the first argument to
        !           257: .I pubindex
        !           258: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           259: M. E. Lesk,
        !           260: `Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on UNIX' in
        !           261: AT&T Bell Laboratories, 
        !           262: .I UNIX Programmer's Manual, Volume 2,
        !           263: Holt-Rinehart (1984)
        !           264: .br
        !           265: .IR troff (1), 
        !           266: .IR doctype (1),
        !           267: .IR prefer (1)
        !           268: .SH BUGS
        !           269: .I Refer
        !           270: is unmaintained; better use
        !           271: .IR prefer (1).

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