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I am trying to make TexMaker (Mac) work with biber. I, naively, tried to change the configuration of the TexMaker by replacing bibtex by biber, but of course such a primitive way of solving issues will never work.

This is the configuration line I have for BibLatex in my TexMaker Preferences:

"/usr/texbin/bibtex" %.blg

Can anybody help?

PS: I can compile and work with TexShop, but I prefer TexMaker.

I-G
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To set up biber in Texmaker, do the following. Click on User, User Commands, Edit User Commands. You can define five custom commands there. Pick one that is unused (if any) and fill it as shown below.

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Click Ok.

The new command will then be featured in the list of available commands.

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jub0bs
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  • What do I have to do after I configure this new command? Do I press this new command and then press quick build? Thanks. @Jubobs – Ka Wa Yip Jul 07 '15 at 23:17
  • @kwy It's been a while since I last used Texmaker, but I think you can either select it and then press the arrow to run just the new "biber" command, or your can go into Texmaker's settings to configure your Quick Build to run "biber". – jub0bs Jul 08 '15 at 08:38
  • I created this new command but i had "Process started

    Process exited with error(s)", without stating which error it is. @Jubobs

     – Ka Wa Yip Jul 11 '15 at 22:58
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biber runs on a file with the file ending .bcf. In Texmaker % is used as a placeholder for the basename of the current file, so you need

biber %.bcf

if biber is in the path, or

/path/to/biber %.bcf

replacing /path/to/ with the directory where biber is located, e.g. /usr/texbin/biber %.bcf.

Torbjørn T.
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  • After this, what should I do? Do I simply press quick build or a particular sequence of commands? Thanks. @Torbjørn T. – Ka Wa Yip Jul 07 '15 at 23:18
  • @kwy The basic sequence is pdflatex - biber - pdflatex. Quick Build can be set up to do various things, included running all of the above, I don't know what you've done. – Torbjørn T. Jul 08 '15 at 08:19