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Jean-Pierre Koenig | 5 May 16:47

Setting location of bib file

Hi,

I keep not being able to solve a problem, no matter which version of 
WinEdit or MiKTeX I use. I want BibTeX to assume MY bib files are in a 
particular folder on my USB flash drive (so that it's available on both 
my home/office/laptop computers). HOW do I achieve that?

ANY help greatly appreciated,

Best,
JP

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Joseph Wright | 5 May 17:21

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Re: Setting location of bib file

Jean-Pierre Koenig wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I keep not being able to solve a problem, no matter which version of
> WinEdit or MiKTeX I use. I want BibTeX to assume MY bib files are in a
> particular folder on my USB flash drive (so that it's available on both
> my home/office/laptop computers). HOW do I achieve that?
> 
> ANY help greatly appreciated,

A MiKTeX solution is to set up your bibtex database inside a structure:

<root>\bib\<files here>

In the MiKTeX Settings system, set whatever <root> is as a new MiKTeX
root.  It should then find your file - this needs to be done for each PC
you use.

For example, I have my literature in a file called "Literature.bib",
which is stored as:

"My Documents"\texmf\bib\Literature.bib

So I set the texmf directory as a root, and MiKTeX finds it.

Joseph Wright

WinEdt Team | 5 May 18:07

Re: Setting location of bib file

> I keep not being able to solve a problem, no matter which
> version of WinEdit or MiKTeX I use. I want BibTeX to assume MY
> bib files are in a particular folder on my USB flash drive (so
> that it's available on both my home/office/laptop computers).
> HOW do I achieve that?

Where bibtex searches for bib files is a MiKTeX issue not a
WinEdt one. You will, however, greatly benefit if you carefully
read the section on Environment Variables in WinEdt's 5.5 (or
later) Help (Advanced Configuration)... It can be done

Best regards,

alex

Philip G. Ratcliffe | 6 May 10:06

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RE: Setting location of bib file

> > I keep not being able to solve a problem, no matter which 
> version of 
> > WinEdit or MiKTeX I use. I want BibTeX to assume MY bib 
> files are in a 
> > particular folder on my USB flash drive (so that it's available on 
> > both my home/office/laptop computers). HOW do I achieve that?
> > 
> > ANY help greatly appreciated,
> 
> A MiKTeX solution is to set up your bibtex database inside a 
> structure:
> 
> <root>\bib\<files here>
> 
> In the MiKTeX Settings system, set whatever <root> is as a 
> new MiKTeX root.  It should then find your file - this needs 
> to be done for each PC you use.
> 
> For example, I have my literature in a file called 
> "Literature.bib", which is stored as:
> 
> "My Documents"\texmf\bib\Literature.bib
> 
> So I set the texmf directory as a root, and MiKTeX finds it.

The only problem will be to make sure that the drive letter with which the
usb flash drive is mounted is always the same as that used in the MiKTeX
setup to define the local texmf tree: this will almost certainly vary from
computer to computer according to what othe drives are already mounted.

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Joseph Wright | 6 May 10:33

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Re: Setting location of bib file

Philip G. Ratcliffe wrote:
> 
> The only problem will be to make sure that the drive letter with which the
> usb flash drive is mounted is always the same as that used in the MiKTeX
> setup to define the local texmf tree: this will almost certainly vary from
> computer to computer according to what othe drives are already mounted.
> 
> Cheers,  Phil
> 

With the current MiKTeX release, you need admin privileges to set roots. 
  So you'll also be able to set a fixed mount point for the USB drive (I 
do this on my PCs) - done from Admin Tools - Computer Management - Disk 
Management on WinXP.  Thus the problem should not be too bad.

Joseph Wright

Philip G. Ratcliffe | 6 May 10:57

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RE: Setting location of bib file

> > The only problem will be to make sure that the drive letter 
> with which 
> > the usb flash drive is mounted is always the same as that 
> used in the 
> > MiKTeX setup to define the local texmf tree: this will almost 
> > certainly vary from computer to computer according to what 
> othe drives 
> > are already mounted.
> > 
> > Cheers,  Phil
> > 
> 
> With the current MiKTeX release, you need admin privileges to 
> set roots. 
>   So you'll also be able to set a fixed mount point for the 
> USB drive (I 
> do this on my PCs) - done from Admin Tools - Computer 
> Management - Disk 
> Management on WinXP.  Thus the problem should not be too bad.

Forgive my ignorance, but I too have Win-XP and looking under Admin Tools -
Computer Management - Disk Management, I'm afraid I don't find any item for
setting fixed mount points.  Could you elucidate, please?

Cheers,  Phil

 

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Joseph Wright | 6 May 12:09

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Re: Setting location of bib file

Philip G. Ratcliffe wrote:

> Forgive my ignorance, but I too have Win-XP and looking under Admin Tools -
> Computer Management - Disk Management, I'm afraid I don't find any item for
> setting fixed mount points.  Could you elucidate, please?

Its not explicit that things get fixed, but if you right-click on a 
drive and choose "Change drive letter and path", the result will stick 
(unless you alter your hardware).

You may need to do a bit of shuffling - you can only change a drive to a 
letter that is not already assigned.  So often you have to first move 
something out of the way (say CD drive E: to Z:), then move what you 
want (say USB from F: to E:) before tidying up (Z: back to F: in my 
example).  That should stay true after rebooting, despite the now 
missing drive E: on start up.

Joseph Wright

José Soeiro Carvalho | 6 May 12:28

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RE: Setting location of bib file

First of all, the pen must be mounted!

I usually put local disks in the low drive letters (c: - g:) , pens and such
in the middle letters (M:-S:), remote drives near the end (Z:).

Roughly, pens stick to the first drive they were mounted to, so if you
assign them middle letters, the collision with local and automatically
mounted net drives is less prone to occur.

This collision causes the infamous "my pen just vanished" complaint, when
you use different computers frequently. 

Cheers

Soeiro

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wright [mailto:joseph.wright <at> morningstar2.co.uk] 
Sent: terça-feira, 6 de Maio de 2008 11:09
To: winedt+list <at> wsg.net
Subject: Re: [WinEdt] Setting location of bib file

Philip G. Ratcliffe wrote:

> Forgive my ignorance, but I too have Win-XP and looking under Admin Tools
-
> Computer Management - Disk Management, I'm afraid I don't find any item
for
> setting fixed mount points.  Could you elucidate, please?

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Evaristo Arroyo F. | 6 May 03:20

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Bug in Vista


Hola

Hi all

I recently migrate to Windows Vista. Now, to begin work allows me to run  
once Texify, then gives the error:

Texify falled to create dvi file. For possible...

In addition the _Runlog file indicates the following:

Output captured by WinEdt on lunes, mayo 5, 2008 at 19:21
------------------------------------------------------------------

WinEdt has successfully executed MiKTeX BibTeX accessory.

If BibTeX encountered and reported errors the resulting bbl file
may not appear properly displayed or in some cases may not be
created at all. For your convenience WinEdt captured output and
error files produced by the BibTeX accessory.

If there are problems (eg. if WinEdt displayed this file) read
this output carefully, fix any offending errors in your documents
and recompile your sources. If you are having troubles locating
and fixing errors please consult the extensive documentation
pertaining to BibTeX in MiKTeX Doc folder.

   Hint: WinEdt is almost certainly irrelevant to this situation!

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Evaristo Arroyo F. | 6 May 03:28

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Re: Bug in Vista

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Hola

Hi all

forget it. Must be a mistake in view (again). Reboot and ready.

Thank you

Atentamente,
Evaristo Arroyo F.

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