bibbrowser

A bibliography recipe for PmWiki

Installation

• Download bibtexbrowser.php from the BibTexBrowser GitHub
• Place bibbrowser.php and bibtexbrowser.php in PmWiki's cookbook directory

Setup

To use this plugin, it must be enabled in PmWiki's local/config.php file. It can be enabled by including the following lines:

include_once('cookbook/bibbrowser.php');
BibLoad('path/to/your/bib.bib');

Usage

Below is the list of available commands. Remember to always put a line feed after each command.

(:bib field="value" field2="value" ... limit="x":)

Displays an x number of bibentries with values for the given fields, e.g., (:bib author="Doe" type="Book" year="2000":) list books from the year 2000 by Doe. Limit is optional.

Depricated

The below commands are depricated but maintained for compatibility.

(:bibyear year:)

Displays bibentries from the year year. For example, (:bibyear 2020:) displays all entries from the year 2020.

(:bibyear offset:)

Displays bibentries from the current year plus offset. For example, (:bibyear -1:) displays all entries from last year.

(:bibtype type:)

Displays bibentries of the type type. For example, (:bibauth book:) displays all books.

(:bibauth author type:)

Displays bibentries by author and the optional parameter type. For example, (:bibauth Doe phdthesis:) displays the PhD thesis of Doe.

(:biblast author number:)

Displays number of bibentries by author. For example, (:bibylast Doe 5:) displays five entries by Doe.

Sorting

Sorting is automatic by year, type (academic order), month, and finally author.