Re: tib and bib and refer and lookbib and ...(was Re: tib and bib)

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From: Hans-Peter Kolb
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 18:49

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>>>>> On 7 Apr 92 10:36:01 GMT, tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly) said:

  Tommy> I have move from a site which has tib to one which only has
  Tommy> bib.  However I have found that tib files are almost
  Tommy> identical to refer files, eg.
(...)
  Tommy> HOWEVER - now I have to choose which to continue to use.
(...)
  Tommy> Is one style more widely used.  Is one significantly better
  Tommy> than the other?

BibTeX is more widely used, but Tib is infinitely more flexible.
I'd always vote for Tib, although the sources could use a major overhaul
(e.g. to make porting to MessyDOS simpler). My $0.02. ...hap
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