TeXworks ⇒ Automatically Deleting .bbl file

[redbaron]

Working with BibTex in TeXworks, and in order to update my references section I have to manually delete the .bbl file each time I make a change in order for the change to be update. Using pdfLatex+MakeIndex+BibTeX when compiling. Does anyone else have this issue using this editor? Is there a hack to make it auto-delete this file?

thanks!

[kaiserkarl13]

This file only gets regenerated when you run BibTeX. As such, you shoudn't have to delete it (just run BibTeX again).

[redbaron]

at least in the version I have, if I change the .bib file but don't delete the .bbl file, the changes are not updated in the output... Even if I run BibTex again, at least at the time I was having problems.

[kaiserkarl13]

Make sure you're using the following sequence:

1. Make changes to .bib file.
2. Run LaTeX (updates .aux file)
3. Run BibTeX (updates .bbl file)
4. Run LaTeX (updates .aux file)
5. Run LaTeX (updates .dvi or .pdf file)