GNU bug report logs - #64768
biblatex detection in reftex is too naive, multiple bib files are problematic

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Message #8 received at 64768 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: "Philipp G. Haselwarter" <philipp <at> haselwarter.org>
Cc: 64768 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64768: biblatex detection in reftex is too naive, multiple
 bib files are problematic
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:10:03 +0200

"Philipp G. Haselwarter" <philipp <at> haselwarter.org> writes:

> To find .bib files, reftex uses `reftex-locate-bibliography-files',
> which in turn checks whether bibtex is in use via
> `reftex-using-biblatex-p'. The latter is too naïve: it only checks if
> "biblatex" is amongst the `TeX-active-styles' or does a simple
> syntactic check of the current buffer. In case \usepackage{biblatex}
> is loaded in, say, an included file, these checks fail, and the use of
> biblatex is not detected.

Can you please describe what you exactly mean with
'\usepackage{biblatex} is an included file'?  I'd like to understand
your setup.

Best, Arash

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