• Recfile Bibliography for TeX

    2 min read · data database recfiles tex

    Store your bibliography in a recfile database, then extract any part with make.

    For example, you could store books like this in bibliography.rec:

     1%rec: book
 2%key: slug
 3
 4slug: thinkingexperience
 5author: H. H. Price
 6title: Thinking and Experience
 7year: 1953
 8publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge …

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  • Recfiles

    1 min read · data database

    Create:

    1database=games.rec
2touch $database
3for g in Vojvodina Saboter Carcassonne Chess; do
4    recins -r "Name: $g" -r "Played: yes" $database
5done

    Read:

    1recsel $database
2query=Carc
3recsel --quick=$query $database
4
5game=Vojvodina
6recsel --expression="Name = '${game}'" …

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  • Recfiles Extended Example

    2 min read · data database recfiles

    Create

    Make a database for your boardgames, specifying only one field and value:

    1database=games.rec
2n=Name
3g=Vojvodina
4touch $database
5recins -f $n --value $g $database
6recsel $database

    Insert a few more, with the estimated playtime:

    1recins -f Name -v Saboter -f Playtime -v 30 $database
2recins -f Name -v Chess …

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