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I have a big bib file that contains a lot of entries such that most of them contain a note filed. I would like to automatically iterate over all the entries and for each entry insert into the document something like:

Paper's title / First author (et al. if needed) [x]
Note:
The content of the note field.

where [x] is the entry's number in the list of references that is printed.

If I know the entry's key, then using biblatex this could be something like:

\newcommand{\completecite}[1]{
  \citetitle{#1}, \citeauthor{#1} \cite{#1}

  \citefield{#1}{note}
}

My problem is how to iterate over all the entries in the bib file?

Probably this can be solved using a combination of lua and biblatex. But my question is whether there's a simple and canonical way to do it? And otherwise, I would be happy to get a hint how to tackle this using lua.

In short, the ultimate goal is to keep track of all the papers and manually added notes in a single bib file and generate a pdf that contains the notes for each entry.

Dror
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2 Answers2

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You can use citeall. But if you have entries without note field, you will probably have to define a better \completecite command. Also be aware that citeall was written to test and debug new cite styles and not for "document loops". 

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{biblatex} 
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\usepackage{citeall}
\newcommand{\completecite}[1]{%
  \citetitle{#1}, \citeauthor{#1} \cite{#1}
  \par
  \citefield{#1}{note}\par
}
\begin{document}
\citeall[\completecite]
\end{document}
Ulrike Fischer
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  • +1 Of course. But my toenails curl up when I see definitions such as \completecite here. – moewe Sep 18 '15 at 08:20
  • @moewe: For a fast test I would something like \completecite too. – Ulrike Fischer Sep 18 '15 at 08:22
  • For fast tests that would be fine. But if you want to have a proper citation command, \DeclareCiteCommand is definitely the right way to go. – moewe Sep 18 '15 at 08:24
  • This seems to be a good start. However, having itemize in the note field breaks this approach, while using the command in my OP handles the list properly. Any workaround? – Dror Sep 18 '15 at 08:29
3

We can effectively use a \printbibliography if we do some black magic.

First we define an universal driver 

\newbibmacro*{cite:title}{%
  \printtext[bibhyperref]{%
    \printfield[citetitle]{labeltitle}}}

\newbibmacro*{cite:shorthand}{%
  \printtext[bibhyperref]{\printfield{shorthand}}}

\newbibmacro*{citetitle}{%
  \iffieldundef{shorthand}
    {\usebibmacro{cite:title}}%
    {\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}}}


\DeclareBibliographyDriver{drorver}{%
  \usebibmacro{citetitle}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{year}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \printtext[brackets]{\usebibmacro{cite}}%
  \par
  \printfield{note}%
}

and a new list format

\defbibenvironment{drorlist}
  {\list
     {}
     {\setlength{\leftmargin}{\bibhang}%
      \setlength{\itemindent}{-\leftmargin}%
      \setlength{\itemsep}{\bibitemsep}%
      \setlength{\parsep}{\bibparsep}}}
  {\endlist}
  {\item}

And then the magic

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\makealldror}{\def\blx@driver##1{\csuse{blx@bbx@drorver}}}
\makeatother

this makes all entries use the drorver type. The macro blx@driver is used to call the relevant driver for the correct entry type (\blx@bbx@<type>) we make that macro choose \blx@bbx@drorver at all times. (See biblatex2.sty, line 1665 for the real definition of \blx@driver)

And then we use

\begingroup
\makealldror
\printbibliography[env=drorlist]
\endgroup

to typeset a list of the form you want.

MWE

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=numeric]{biblatex}
\usepackage{citeall}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{batty2007iq,
title={IQ in early adulthood and later cancer risk: cohort study of one million Swedish men},
author={Batty, G. David and Wennerstad, Karin Modig and Smith, George Davey and Gunnell, David and Deary, Ian J. and Tynelius, Per and Rasmussen, Finn},
journal={Annals of Oncology},
volume={18},
number={1},
pages={21--28},
year={2007},
publisher={European Society for Medical Oncology},
note = {ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum},
}

@article{batty2007premorbid,
title={Premorbid (early life) IQ and Later Mortality Risk: Systematic Review},
author={Batty, G. David and Deary, Ian J. and Gottfredson, Linda S.},
journal={Annals of Epidemiology},
volume={17},
number={4},
pages={278--288},
year={2007},
publisher={Elsevier},
note = {Lorem lorem lorem lorem lorem lorem},
}

@article{batty2009iq_early,
title={IQ in Early Adulthood and Mortality By Middle Age: Cohort Study of 1 Million Swedish Men},
author={Batty, G. David and Wennerstad, Karin Modig and Smith, George Davey and Gunnell, David and Deary, Ian J. and Tynelius, Per and Rasmussen, Finn},
journal={Epidemiology},
volume={20},
number={1},
pages={100--109},
year={2009},
publisher={LWW},
note = {In Mexico is een man gearresteerd.},
}

@article{batty2009iq_socio,
title={IQ in Early Adulthood, Socioeconomic Position, and Unintentional Injury Mortality by Middle Age: A Cohort Study of More Than 1 Million Swedish Men},
author={Batty, G. David and Gale, Catharine R. and Tynelius, Per and Deary, Ian J. and Rasmussen, Finn},
journal={American Journal of Epidemiology},
volume={169},
number={5},
pages={606--615},
year={2009},
publisher={Oxford University Press},
note = {Lore ipsum dolor sit amet \begin{itemize}\item Lorem\end{itemize}},
}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}


\newbibmacro*{cite:title}{%
  \printtext[bibhyperref]{%
    \printfield[citetitle]{labeltitle}}}

\newbibmacro*{cite:shorthand}{%
  \printtext[bibhyperref]{\printfield{shorthand}}}

\newbibmacro*{citetitle}{%
  \iffieldundef{shorthand}
    {\usebibmacro{cite:title}}%
    {\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}}}


\DeclareBibliographyDriver{drorver}{%
  \usebibmacro{citetitle}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{year}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \printtext[brackets]{\usebibmacro{cite}}%
  \par
  \printfield{note}%
}

\defbibenvironment{drorlist}
  {\list
     {}
     {\setlength{\leftmargin}{\bibhang}%
      \setlength{\itemindent}{-\leftmargin}%
      \setlength{\itemsep}{\bibitemsep}%
      \setlength{\parsep}{\bibparsep}}}
  {\endlist}
  {\item}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\makealldror}{\def\blx@driver##1{\csuse{blx@bbx@drorver}}}
\makeatother


\begin{document}
\nocite{*}

\begingroup
\makealldror
\printbibliography[env=drorlist]
\endgroup

\printbibliography
\end{document}

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We can use the citeall package for this task.

First we need to define a nice cite macro for the job. It is mostly cobbled together from the standard .cbx files.

\newbibmacro*{cite:title}{%
  \printtext[bibhyperref]{%
    \printfield[citetitle]{labeltitle}}}

\newbibmacro*{cite:shorthand}{%
  \printtext[bibhyperref]{\printfield{shorthand}}}

\newbibmacro*{citetitle}{%
  \iffieldundef{shorthand}
    {\usebibmacro{cite:title}}%
    {\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}}}

\newbibmacro*{drorcite}{%
  \usebibmacro{citetitle}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{year}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \printtext[brackets]{\usebibmacro{cite}}%
  \par
  \printfield{note}%
}

\DeclareCiteCommand{\drorcite}
  {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
  {\usebibmacro{drorcite}}
  {\multicitedelim}
  {\usebibmacro{postnote}}

and then just

\citeall[\drorcite]

and all entries in the .bib file are cited with \drorcite.

MWE

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=numeric]{biblatex}
\usepackage{citeall}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{batty2007iq,
title={IQ in early adulthood and later cancer risk: cohort study of one million Swedish men},
author={Batty, G. David and Wennerstad, Karin Modig and Smith, George Davey and Gunnell, David and Deary, Ian J. and Tynelius, Per and Rasmussen, Finn},
journal={Annals of Oncology},
volume={18},
number={1},
pages={21--28},
year={2007},
publisher={European Society for Medical Oncology},
note = {ipsum ipsum ipsum ipsum},
}

@article{batty2007premorbid,
title={Premorbid (early life) IQ and Later Mortality Risk: Systematic Review},
author={Batty, G. David and Deary, Ian J. and Gottfredson, Linda S.},
journal={Annals of Epidemiology},
volume={17},
number={4},
pages={278--288},
year={2007},
publisher={Elsevier},
note = {Lorem lorem lorem lorem lorem lorem},
}

@article{batty2009iq_early,
title={IQ in Early Adulthood and Mortality By Middle Age: Cohort Study of 1 Million Swedish Men},
author={Batty, G. David and Wennerstad, Karin Modig and Smith, George Davey and Gunnell, David and Deary, Ian J. and Tynelius, Per and Rasmussen, Finn},
journal={Epidemiology},
volume={20},
number={1},
pages={100--109},
year={2009},
publisher={LWW},
note = {In Mexico is een man gearresteerd.},
}

@article{batty2009iq_socio,
title={IQ in Early Adulthood, Socioeconomic Position, and Unintentional Injury Mortality by Middle Age: A Cohort Study of More Than 1 Million Swedish Men},
author={Batty, G. David and Gale, Catharine R. and Tynelius, Per and Deary, Ian J. and Rasmussen, Finn},
journal={American Journal of Epidemiology},
volume={169},
number={5},
pages={606--615},
year={2009},
publisher={Oxford University Press},
note = {Lore ipsum dolor sit amet},
}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}


\newbibmacro*{cite:title}{%
  \printtext[bibhyperref]{%
    \printfield[citetitle]{labeltitle}}}

\newbibmacro*{cite:shorthand}{%
  \printtext[bibhyperref]{\printfield{shorthand}}}

\newbibmacro*{citetitle}{%
  \iffieldundef{shorthand}
    {\usebibmacro{cite:title}}%
    {\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}}}

\newbibmacro*{drorcite}{%
  \usebibmacro{citetitle}%
  \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
  \printfield{year}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \printtext[brackets]{\usebibmacro{cite}}%
  \par
  \printfield{note}%
}

\DeclareCiteCommand{\drorcite}
  {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
  {\usebibmacro{drorcite}}
  {\multicitedelim}
  {\usebibmacro{postnote}}


\begin{document}
\citeall[\drorcite]
\end{document}

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moewe
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  • What would be the limitations of the formatting that can be used inside the note fields? Seems like itemize break this approach... – Dror Sep 18 '15 at 08:31
  • @Dror That is probably a limitation imposed by how citeall works. If you can live with a document where you can't have a normal bibliography, I could cook something up. – moewe Sep 18 '15 at 08:36
  • It seems like all I need is to iterate over the keys and pass them to the command I have in the OP. I actually consider using python for that, but would prefer a self-contained TeXy solution. – Dror Sep 18 '15 at 08:41
  • @Dror Try the edit, please. – moewe Sep 18 '15 at 08:53
  • Magic indeed! Two more requests: 1) Can you add some comments to the magic so I could maintain it and reuse it? 2) How can I avoid the rendering of "References" twice? – Dror Sep 18 '15 at 09:00
  • Ohh... and 3) how can I remove the note from the second instance? Namely, have the content of note appear only in the "intext citation" part? – Dror Sep 18 '15 at 09:03
  • @Dror For 1 I have added a short comment. And for 2 you might just need heading=none. – moewe Sep 18 '15 at 09:04
  • No 3 can be solved like in Suppress a biblatex field in only one of split bibliographies? – moewe Sep 18 '15 at 09:05
  • @Dror: The error with itemize is due to the fact that biblatex has a \list command too, citeall redefines it when reading the entries but doesn't reset it before it prints the entries. I will update the package in a few days (I will have to do some more tests). – Ulrike Fischer Sep 18 '15 at 09:28