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I would like to cite bibliography in foot notes using TeXmaker and display ibid if I have already cite the work. All the solutions I've found use BibLaTeX but actually I don't see the possibility to compile my .bibfile with BibLaTeX in TeXmaker but only with BibTeX. If I type tlmgr show biblatex in the terminal it seems installed why I can't use it with teXmaker?Is there a simple way to use it?

G M
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  • I would suggest you to upgrade to TeXstudio (texstudio is the new name, and version, of TeXmaker). TeXstudio provides immediate support for biblatex – Guido Oct 12 '13 at 14:09
  • To use biber(A BibTeX replacement for biblatex) in TeXmaker: Option 1(simple): Go to Configure TeXmaker--> Commands replace default bibtex %.aux with biber % or Option 2: Go to User--> Create a User Command--> Commands--> by Edit User Commands and add Menu biber and Command as biber % and Confirm Ok. @Guido You are mistaken texstudio is a fork of texmaker. texmaker name remains the same see this info from it's author. – texenthusiast Oct 12 '13 at 15:37
  • @texenthusiast I've tried the second method but when I try to compile my .tex file with biber I've an error Error : could not start the command. Thanks however! – G M Oct 12 '13 at 16:20
  • @GM Do you have biber installed via MiKTeX or TeXLive distro, It's usally done by default. on Windows or Linux Type biber at Commandline/Terminal to check if it's installed. Use the full path of the executable or add MiKTeX bin to the PATH in windows. – texenthusiast Oct 12 '13 at 16:44
  • @texenthusiast I've try to install it with TeX Utilities but the setup fails...Thanks for the help however! maybe I've to update the packages first, I don't know... – G M Oct 12 '13 at 16:53
  • @GM Usually I prefer same distro TeXLive and same editor TeXmaker on both platforms and makesure to use backend=biber option with \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}. Also update TeX distro it might help sometimes. – texenthusiast Oct 12 '13 at 16:57
  • @texenthusiast but I don't understand I try tlmgr show biblatexand I have biblatex installed why I cant use it in texmaker... – G M Oct 12 '13 at 17:06
  • biblatex is package and biber is a executable similar to bibtex to compile .bib files. you would need both biber executable and biblatex package installed to use it with TeXmaker. Remember TeXmaker is just an front end/IDE to call executables them. – texenthusiast Oct 12 '13 at 17:43
  • @texenthusiast biberseems install if i type biber in terminal I have Usage:biber etc. etc.but I've still that error when I run biber %with teXmaker... Thank for the help! – G M Oct 13 '13 at 21:19
  • @GM Run a small test via Terminal on example files at How to use biber to avoid editor and focus on any biber issues. – texenthusiast Oct 14 '13 at 05:00
  • @texenthusiast Have run this, I hope is the right way:`iMac-di-Casa:~ User$ biber /Users/user/biblatex-examples.bib INFO - This is Biber 1.7 INFO - Logfile is '/Users/user/biblatex-example.bib.blg' ERROR - Cannot find control file '/Users/giacomo/biblatex-example.bib.bcf'! - did you pass the "backend=biber" option to BibLaTeX?`` INFO - ERRORS: 1 – G M Oct 16 '13 at 09:24
  • @GM copy the code from http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/34136/15717 and run first pdflatex code-copied-from-link-q and then save the examples.bib inside the same folder as code-copied-from-link-q.tex and now run pdflatex code-copied-from-link-q biber and then pdflatex code-copied-from-link-q and again pdflatex code-copied-from-link-q at terminal. you might not need file-name for biber, since needs copied-from-link-q.bcf file in the folder.In TeXmaker configure use biber % it works well. – texenthusiast Oct 16 '13 at 13:08

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