User Commands                                           addbib(1)

NAME
     addbib - create or extend a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS
     addbib [ -a ]  [ -p promptfile ]  database

DESCRIPTION
     When addbib starts up, answering y to the  initial  Instruc-
     tions? prompt yields directions; typing n or <RETURN>) skips
     them. addbib then prompts for various bibliographic  fields,
     reads  responses from the terminal, and sends output records
     to database. A null response (just <RETURN)> means to  leave
     out  that field.  A `-' (minus sign) means to go back to the
     previous field.  A trailing backslash allows a field  to  be
     continued on the next line.
      The repeating Continue? prompt allows the  user  either  to
     resume  by typing y or   <RETURN)>, to quit the current ses-
     sion by typing n or q, or to edit  database with any  system
     editor  (see vi(1), ex(1), ed(1)).

OPTIONS
     -a    Suppress prompting for  an  abstract;  asking  for  an
           abstract  is  the  default. Abstracts are ended with a
           <CTRL-D>.

     -p promptfile
           Use a new prompting skeleton, defined  in  promptfile.
           This file should contain prompt strings, a  <TAB>, and
           the key-letters to be written to the database.

USAGE
  Bibliography Key Letters
     The most common key-letters and  their  meanings  are  given
     below. addbib insulates you from these key-letters, since it
     gives you prompts in English, but if you edit the bibliogra-
     phy file later on, you will need to know this information.

     %A    Author's name

     %B    Book containing article referenced

     %C    City (place of publication)

     %D    Date of publication

     %E    Editor of book containing article referenced

     %F    Footnote number or label (supplied by   refer)

     %G    Government order number

     %H    Header commentary, printed before reference

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     %I    Issuer (publisher)

     %J    Journal containing article

     %K    Keywords to use in locating reference

     %L    Label field used by -k option of  refer

     %M    Bell Labs Memorandum (undefined)

     %N    Number within volume

     %O    Other commentary, printed at end of reference

     %P    Page number(s)

     %Q    Corporate or Foreign Author (unreversed)

     %R    Report, paper, or thesis (unpublished)

     %S    Series title

     %T    Title of article or book

     %V    Volume number

     %X    Abstract - used by roffbib, not by refer

     %Y,Z  Ignored by refer

EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Editing the bibliography file

     Except for A, each field should be  given  just  once.  Only
     relevant fields should be supplied.

     %A   Mark Twain
     %T   Life on the Mississippi
     %I   Penguin Books
     %C   New York
     %D   1978

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWdoc                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

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SEE ALSO
     ed(1), ex(1), indxbib(1), lookbib(1), refer(1),  roffbib(1),
     sortbib(1), vi(1), attributes(5)

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