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.\"      Date: 2006-08-11
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.TH "REFDB_LATEX2UTF8TXT" "1" "2006\-08\-11" "RefDB Manual" "RefDB Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
refdb_latex2utf8txt \- converts bibtex bibliographic data to UTF\-8 plain text
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBrefdb_latex2utf8txt\fR\ 'u
\fBrefdb_latex2utf8txt\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
refdb_latex2utf8txt is a helper tool which is used by bib2ris\-utf8 to clean up the output of bib2ris\&. It is implemented as a filter which reads from stdin and writes to stdout, without any command\-line options\&.
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
.PP
The exit code of
\fBrefdb_latex2utf8txt\fR
is always 0 (zero)\&.
.SH "DATA PROCESSING"
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
The conversion that this tool performs was designed to facilitate the import of reference data from bibtex, through
bib2ris
(1), to RefDB\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Foreign and special characters which are encoded as LaTeX commands are converted to their UTF\-8 counterparts\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
All other LaTeX command are stripped off\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBRefDB\fR
(7),
\fBbib2ris\fR
(1)\&.
.PP
\fIRefDB manual (local copy) \fR
PREFIX/share/doc/refdb\-<version>/refdb\-manual/index\&.html
.PP
\fIRefDB manual (web) \fR
<\m[blue]\fBhttp://refdb\&.sourceforge\&.net/manual/index\&.html\fR\m[]>
.PP
\fIRefDB on the web \fR
<\m[blue]\fBhttp://refdb\&.sourceforge\&.net/\fR\m[]>
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
refdb_latex2utf8txt was written by Markus Hoenicka <markus@mhoenicka\&.de> based on a similar script by Peter Csizmadia\&.