Document Classes ⇒ Two BibLaTeX issues: .bib path and MusixTex

[monamipierrot]

I have 2 incompatibility issues with BibLatex. I know these are pretty specific problems, but it is worth to try.

These problems appears to be identical from 0.7g to new 0.8 version of the package.
I don't know if problem (1) is somewhat connected with problem (2) anyway thei're quite different.

(1) BibLatex can't find my file examples.bib. Result is that it simply doesn't work, and DVI showing just reference keys

(2) Can't load MusixTex package ALONG with BibLatex.

This is my configuration:
- Win XP Pro sp3
- MikTex 2.7
- LyX 1.5.6 (I'll provide plain latex examples, but the LyX detail is important, see later)
- BibLaTeX 0.8 package
- MusixTex package v. T112 (latest stable release, 2005) - didn't try T113 or T114 (which seem to be quite experimental).

Let start from issues n. (1). This is my examples.tex

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\documentclass [a4paper]{book} 
\usepackage [italian]{babel} 
\usepackage[babel]{csquotes} 
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex} 
\bibliography{examples}     
\begin{document} 
try\footcite[See][59--63]{companion} to cite\footcite{art1} 
\printbibliography 
\end{document}
 
 
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Run LaTeX here

with the default examples.bib file.

This is the complete examples.log file:

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This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (MiKTeX 2.7) (preloaded format=latex 2008.10.10)  10 OCT 2008 18:19
entering extended mode
**C:/example.tex
(C:/example.tex
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, german, ngerman, german-x-2008-06-18, ngerman-x-2008-06-18, spanish
, catalan, french, ancientgreek, italian, latin, portuguese, ukenglish, loaded.
("C:\Programmi\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\book.cls"
Document Class: book 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
("C:\Programmi\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\base\bk10.clo"
File: bk10.clo 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@chapter=\count80
\c@section=\count81
\c@subsection=\count82
\c@subsubsection=\count83
\c@paragraph=\count84
\c@subparagraph=\count85
\c@figure=\count86
\c@table=\count87
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
)
("C:\Programmi\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\generic\babel\babel.sty"
Package: babel 2008/07/06 v3.8l The Babel package
*************************************
* Local config file bblopts.cfg used
*
("C:\Programmi\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\00miktex\bblopts.cfg"
File: bblopts.cfg 2006/07/31 v1.0 MiKTeX 'babel' configuration
)
("C:\Programmi\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\generic\babel\italian.ldf"
Language: italian 2008/03/14 v1.2t Italian support from the babel system
("C:\Programmi\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\generic\babel\babel.def"
File: babel.def 2008/07/06 v3.8l Babel common definitions
 
 
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The resulting DVI have the referencekey written instead of references, and no bibliography at the end (except its title)
It's curious that the only user I found with the same problem was italian too: this girl in this italian forum, about 1 year ago (http://www.guit.sssup.it/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=3308), in which people try to help her but we lack the final (happy?) ending, and I couldnt contact these people.

Please take in consideration the following: With plain latex (MikTex) it seems there's no way to help biblatex find the .bib file. Complete path simply doesn't work. BUT if I try to compile a document of mine (a big thesis) with LyX, and I specified a COMPLETE PATH (thing I never had to do with LyX) for the .bib file, IT SUDDENLY WORKS --- PERFECT. If I don't remember specify or updating FULL PATH (no matter it is in the same directory of LyX file), it give exactly the same problems listed before.
So this just seems a matter of helping "Biblatex find the path of the .bib".
As I use LyX, I don't care about this problem right NOW. I fear it could give problems in future, and to other users.

I do care much more about issue (2) which I think is not connected with (1)

Because of problem n. (1) I can test problem n. (2) only with LyX (which uses a lot of code) ANYWAY:

I had MusixTex perfectly run until I started to use Biblatex. If I only TRY to load MusixTex BEFORE biblatex, I obtain this:

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[...] Command \addspace already defined. [...]
l.1173 \space\blx@resetpunctbook}
 
 
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Run LaTeX here

So, I tried load it AFTER BibLaTeX. Everything seems to work well (wether or not I use some MusixTex code in my Doc) UNLESS I use just one reference with an explicit EDITOR field (for example, most of INCOLLECTION type of entry). No matter the citation style used: verbose style I use seems to produce error both in text AND in bibliography.I found out about the EDITOR field after dozens of tries with different references.It SEEMS that the existence of the EDITOR field is the only reason. Anyway, this is an extract of the latex log:

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Package biblatex Warning: '\textcite' not defined by citation style.
(biblatex)                Falling back to '\cite' on input line 89.
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again> 
                   \let 
l.89 }
       [some of my plain text after reference]
A number should have been here; I inserted `0'.
 
 
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If I don't load MusiXTeX this problem simply doesn't happen.

Please help fix this, I NEED IT!!!!

Thank you very much.

Piero Faustini


[FIXED: thanks to BibLaTeX developer P. LEhmann, 1st issue was just a multi-pass matter, 2nd one was a naming conflict fixed with an edit in the biblatex.cfg file]

[katutxakurra]

What's the change needed in the biblatex.cfg file?