Xref: utzoo comp.sources.wanted:10977 sci.math:10284 sci.research:1207 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!ncifcrf!toms From: toms@ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,sci.math,sci.research Subject: Re: referencing system Message-ID: <1545@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> Date: 15 Mar 90 16:41:50 GMT References: <1544@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> <34950@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: toms@ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider) Organization: National Cancer Institute, Frederick Lines: 16 In article <34950@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> edwards@cogsci.berkeley.edu (Jane Edwards) writes: >In article boubez@caip.rutgers.edu (Toufic Boubez) writes: >>I am looking for a referencing system > >Why not "refer"? It's my impression that at least part of it is standard >UNIX. >Jane Edwards (edwards@cogsci.berkeley.edu) >UC Berkeley Refer was invented along with troff, which is indeed a UNIX tool. However, BiBTeX was designed later and has more power. One problem with refer is that the controls are on the command line, so your command line has to be part of the paper! It is somewhat arcane to use in comparison to BiBTeX, which interacts nicely with the modern LaTeX. So use refer if that's all you have available, but do realize that it is an old, out of date tool.