I have a .bst
file of unknown origin that contains the following information:
%% This is file `iatbr.bst',
%% generated with the docstrip utility.
%%
%% The original source files were:
%%
%% merlin.mbs (with options: `,ay,nat,nm-rev1,keyxyr,dt-beg,yr-par,yrp-x,note-yr,thtit-a,trnum-it,vol-bf,vnum-sp,volp-blk,bkpg-x,isbn,issn,url,url-blk,edpar,bkedcap,blk-com,blknt,ppx,ed,abr,xedn,and-xcom,etal-it,em-it,nfss')
%%% combined with
%% merlin.mbs (with options: `,ay,nat,nm-rev1,keyxyr,yr-par,aymth,yrp-x,note-yr,thtit-a,trnum-it,vol-bf,vnum-sp,volp-blk,bkpg-x,isbn,issn,url,url-blk,edpar,bkedcap,blk-com,blknt,ppx,ed,abr,xedn,and-xcom,etal-it,em-it,nfss')
How does this translate to input for the makebst
program? Is there a way to use the string of options directly? Is the "combined with" part something that makebst
would generate, or is this a hint that the results of two makebst
runs were combined manually?
Best Answer
The answer can be found in Section 2.1 of the
makebst
documentation. In this case, the fileiatbr.dbj
with the first set of options could look like this:Running this file via
tex iatbr.dbj
creates the fileiatbr.bst
.The "combined with" part probably means that the output of two
docstrip
runs was merged manually.The question carries a misconception:
makebst
is a program that would create a.dbj
file that contains a list of options. If the options are already given, they can only be fed into a manually crafted.dbj
file (as above). The options are documented in Section 9 of themerlin.mbs
documentation.