id = "biber" name = "Biber" homepage = "https://github.com/plk/biber" description = "Backend processor for BibLaTeX" executables = ["biber"] [dotfiles] # Biber's official source documents the user configuration search order, # including ~/.biber.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/biber/biber.conf, # ~/.config/biber/biber.conf, ~/Library/biber/biber.conf on macOS, and # %APPDATA%/biber.conf on Windows. # https://github.com/plk/biber/blob/dev/bin/biber paths = [ "~/.biber.conf", "[configHome]/biber/biber.conf", "~/Library/biber/biber.conf", "%APPDATA%/biber.conf", ] secret = [] [commands] format = 1 label = "Process bibliography" description = "Run biber on a .bcf control file, or in tool mode on a datasource. Covers common output and validation options; sorting, encoding and macro options are left out." quality = "ai-draft" parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = true, short_bundles = false } [[commands.source]] id = "help" kind = "help" revision = "biber 2.14" evidence = """ biber [options] file[.bcf] biber [options] --tool --configfile|-g [file] --debug|-D --input-directory [directory] --nolog --output-directory [directory] --output-file|-O [file] --output-format=dot|bibtex|biblatexml|bbl|bblxml --output-resolve --quiet|-q --tool --validate-datamodel|-V """ [[commands.field]] id = "tool" label = "Tool mode" description = "Treat the input as a datasource and write a processed copy instead of a .bbl." type = "boolean" option = ["--tool"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "output_format" label = "Output format" type = "enum" option = ["--output-format"] choices = [ { value = "dot", label = "DOT" }, { value = "bibtex", label = "BibTeX" }, { value = "biblatexml", label = "BibLaTeXML" }, { value = "bbl", label = "bbl" }, { value = "bblxml", label = "bblXML" }, ] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "output_file" label = "Output file" type = "path" option = ["--output-file", "-O"] path = { kind = "file", role = "output" } effect = "overwrite" sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "output_directory" label = "Output directory" type = "path" option = ["--output-directory"] path = { kind = "directory", role = "output" } sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "input_directory" label = "Input directory" type = "path" option = ["--input-directory"] path = { kind = "directory", role = "input" } sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "configfile" label = "Config file" type = "path" option = ["--configfile", "-g"] path = { kind = "file", role = "input" } sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "resolve" label = "Resolve xdata, crossrefs and sets in output" type = "boolean" option = ["--output-resolve"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "validate" label = "Validate against data model" type = "boolean" option = ["--validate-datamodel", "-V"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "quiet" label = "Quiet" type = "boolean" option = ["--quiet", "-q"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "nolog" label = "No log file" type = "boolean" option = ["--nolog"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.field]] id = "input" label = "Input (.bcf or datasource)" type = "path" position = 0 min = 1 path = { kind = "file", role = "input", must_exist = true } sources = ["help"] [[commands.task]] id = "run" label = "Process a .bcf file" fields = ["input", "quiet", "output_directory"] required = ["input"] [[commands.task]] id = "tool" label = "Convert a datasource (tool mode)" fields = ["tool", "input", "output_format", "output_file", "resolve"] required = ["tool", "input"] set = { tool = [true] } [[commands.group]] id = "basic" label = "Basic" fields = ["input", "tool", "output_format", "output_file", "output_directory"] [[commands.group]] id = "advanced" label = "Advanced" fields = ["input_directory", "configfile", "resolve", "validate", "quiet", "nolog"]