failed execution of bibtex2html

failed execution of bibtex2html

[Levy, Roger]

Hi,

I'm having trouble getting \cite commands to work within org-mode for HTML export -- I get the error "Executing bibtex2html failed" when I run org-export-as-html.  I'm running Aquamacs 2.4 (based on GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1) and org-mode version 7.9.4.  Any advice would be much appreciated! (Note that emacs *can* find and execute bibtex2html.)  I append a minimal example of the error.

Many thanks,

Roger


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Minimal example: .org file is (note that levy:2008 is in rpl.bib, which is in the current directory):

***

#+TITLE: test
#+AUTHOR: Me

\cite{levy:2008}

#+BIBLIOGRAPHY: rpl plain

***

Running M-x org-export-as-html gives me the following error in the *Backtrace* buffer:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Executing bibtex2html failed")
  signal(error ("Executing bibtex2html failed"))
  ad-Orig-error("Executing bibtex2html failed")
  apply(ad-Orig-error "Executing bibtex2html failed")
  error("Executing bibtex2html failed")
  (progn (error "Executing bibtex2html failed"))
  (if (not (eq 0 ...)) (progn (error "Executing bibtex2html failed")))
  (when (not (eq 0 ...)) (error "Executing bibtex2html failed"))
  (let (extra-args cite-list end-hook tmp-files) (dolist (elt opt) (when ... ...)) (when (assoc "limit" opt) (org-exp-bibtex-docites ...) (let ... ... ... ...)) (when (not ...) (error "Executing bibtex2html failed")) (dolist (f tmp-files) (delete-file f)))
  (cond ((eq org-export-current-backend ...) (let ... ... ... ... ...) (with-temp-buffer ...)) ((eq org-export-current-backend ...) (concat "\n#+LATEX: \\bibliographystyle{" style "}" "\n#+LATEX: \\bibliography{" file "}\n")))
  (replace-match (cond (... ... ...) (... ...)) t t)
  (let ((file ...) (style ...) (opt ...)) (replace-match (cond ... ...) t t))
  (while (re-search-forward "^#\\+BIBLIOGRAPHY:[ 	]+\\(\\S-+\\)[ 	]+\\(\\S-+\\)\\([^
\n]*\\)" nil t) (let (... ... ...) (replace-match ... t t)))
  (save-window-excursion (setq oebp-cite-plist (quote nil)) (goto-char (point-min)) (while (re-search-forward "^#\\+BIBLIOGRAPHY:[ 	]+\\(\\S-+\\)[ 	]+\\(\\S-+\\)\\([^
\n]*\\)" nil t) (let ... ...)) (when (eq org-export-current-backend ...) (org-exp-bibtex-docites ...) (org-exp-bibtex-docites ...)))
  org-export-bibtex-preprocess()
  run-hooks(org-export-preprocess-hook)
  (progn (erase-buffer) (insert string) (setq case-fold-search t) (let (...) (remove-text-properties ... ... ...)) (org-export-kill-licensed-text) (let (...) (org-mode)) (setq case-fold-search t) (org-clone-local-variables source-buffer "^\\(org-\\|orgtbl-\\)") (org-install-letbind) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-hook)) (untabify (point-min) (point-max)) (org-export-handle-include-files-recurse) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-include-files-hook)) (org-export-remove-archived-trees archived-trees) (org-export-remove-comment-blocks-and-subtrees) (org-export-handle-export-tags (plist-get parameters :select-tags) (plist-get parameters :exclude-tags)) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-tree-selection-hook)) (org-export-remove-tasks (plist-get parameters :tasks)) (when (plist-get parameters :footnotes) (org-footnote-normalize nil parameters)) (org-export-mark-list-end) (org-export-preprocess-apply-macros) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-macros-hook)) (org-export-blocks-preprocess) (org-export-mark-list-properties) (org-export-replace-src-segments-and-examples) (org-export-protect-colon-examples) (org-export-convert-protected-spaces) (setq target-alist (org-export-define-heading-targets target-alist)) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-headline-targets-hook)) (org-export-remember-html-container-classes) (org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers drawers (plist-get parameters :drawers)) (when (plist-get parameters :skip-before-1st-heading) (goto-char ...) (when ... ... ... ...)) (when (plist-get parameters :add-text) (goto-char ...) (insert ... "\n")) (org-export-remove-headline-metadata parameters) (setq target-alist (org-export-handle-invisible-targets target-alist)) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook)) (org-export-select-backend-specific-text) (org-export-protect-quoted-subtrees) (org-export-remove-clock-lines) (org-export-protect-verbatim) (org-export-mark-blockquote-verse-center) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-blockquote-hook)) (unless (plist-get parameters :timestamps) (org-export-remove-timestamps)) (setq target-alist (org-export-attach-captions-and-attributes target-alist)) (org-export-mark-radio-links) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-radio-targets-hook)) (org-export-concatenate-multiline-links) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook)) (org-export-normalize-links) ...)
  (unwind-protect (progn (erase-buffer) (insert string) (setq case-fold-search t) (let ... ...) (org-export-kill-licensed-text) (let ... ...) (setq case-fold-search t) (org-clone-local-variables source-buffer "^\\(org-\\|orgtbl-\\)") (org-install-letbind) (run-hooks ...) (untabify ... ...) (org-export-handle-include-files-recurse) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-remove-archived-trees archived-trees) (org-export-remove-comment-blocks-and-subtrees) (org-export-handle-export-tags ... ...) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-remove-tasks ...) (when ... ...) (org-export-mark-list-end) (org-export-preprocess-apply-macros) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-blocks-preprocess) (org-export-mark-list-properties) (org-export-replace-src-segments-and-examples) (org-export-protect-colon-examples) (org-export-convert-protected-spaces) (setq target-alist ...) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-remember-html-container-classes) (org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers drawers ...) (when ... ... ...) (when ... ... ...) (org-export-remove-headline-metadata parameters) (setq target-alist ...) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-select-backend-specific-text) (org-export-protect-quoted-subtrees) (org-export-remove-clock-lines) (org-export-protect-verbatim) (org-export-mark-blockquote-verse-center) (run-hooks ...) (unless ... ...) (setq target-alist ...) (org-export-mark-radio-links) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-concatenate-multiline-links) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-normalize-links) ...) (and (buffer-name temp-buffer) (kill-buffer temp-buffer)))
  (save-current-buffer (set-buffer temp-buffer) (unwind-protect (progn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (and ... ...)))
  (with-current-buffer temp-buffer (unwind-protect (progn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (and ... ...)))
  (let ((temp-buffer ...)) (with-current-buffer temp-buffer (unwind-protect ... ...)))
  (with-temp-buffer (erase-buffer) (insert string) (setq case-fold-search t) (let (...) (remove-text-properties ... ... ...)) (org-export-kill-licensed-text) (let (...) (org-mode)) (setq case-fold-search t) (org-clone-local-variables source-buffer "^\\(org-\\|orgtbl-\\)") (org-install-letbind) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-hook)) (untabify (point-min) (point-max)) (org-export-handle-include-files-recurse) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-include-files-hook)) (org-export-remove-archived-trees archived-trees) (org-export-remove-comment-blocks-and-subtrees) (org-export-handle-export-tags (plist-get parameters :select-tags) (plist-get parameters :exclude-tags)) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-tree-selection-hook)) (org-export-remove-tasks (plist-get parameters :tasks)) (when (plist-get parameters :footnotes) (org-footnote-normalize nil parameters)) (org-export-mark-list-end) (org-export-preprocess-apply-macros) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-macros-hook)) (org-export-blocks-preprocess) (org-export-mark-list-properties) (org-export-replace-src-segments-and-examples) (org-export-protect-colon-examples) (org-export-convert-protected-spaces) (setq target-alist (org-export-define-heading-targets target-alist)) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-headline-targets-hook)) (org-export-remember-html-container-classes) (org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers drawers (plist-get parameters :drawers)) (when (plist-get parameters :skip-before-1st-heading) (goto-char ...) (when ... ... ... ...)) (when (plist-get parameters :add-text) (goto-char ...) (insert ... "\n")) (org-export-remove-headline-metadata parameters) (setq target-alist (org-export-handle-invisible-targets target-alist)) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook)) (org-export-select-backend-specific-text) (org-export-protect-quoted-subtrees) (org-export-remove-clock-lines) (org-export-protect-verbatim) (org-export-mark-blockquote-verse-center) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-blockquote-hook)) (unless (plist-get parameters :timestamps) (org-export-remove-timestamps)) (setq target-alist (org-export-attach-captions-and-attributes target-alist)) (org-export-mark-radio-links) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-after-radio-targets-hook)) (org-export-concatenate-multiline-links) (run-hooks (quote org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook)) (org-export-normalize-links) ...)
  (let* ((org-export-current-backend ...) (archived-trees ...) (inhibit-read-only t) (drawers org-drawers) (source-buffer ...) target-alist rtn) (setq org-export-target-aliases nil org-export-preferred-target-alist nil org-export-id-target-alist nil org-export-code-refs nil) (with-temp-buffer (erase-buffer) (insert string) (setq case-fold-search t) (let ... ...) (org-export-kill-licensed-text) (let ... ...) (setq case-fold-search t) (org-clone-local-variables source-buffer "^\\(org-\\|orgtbl-\\)") (org-install-letbind) (run-hooks ...) (untabify ... ...) (org-export-handle-include-files-recurse) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-remove-archived-trees archived-trees) (org-export-remove-comment-blocks-and-subtrees) (org-export-handle-export-tags ... ...) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-remove-tasks ...) (when ... ...) (org-export-mark-list-end) (org-export-preprocess-apply-macros) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-blocks-preprocess) (org-export-mark-list-properties) (org-export-replace-src-segments-and-examples) (org-export-protect-colon-examples) (org-export-convert-protected-spaces) (setq target-alist ...) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-remember-html-container-classes) (org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers drawers ...) (when ... ... ...) (when ... ... ...) (org-export-remove-headline-metadata parameters) (setq target-alist ...) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-select-backend-specific-text) (org-export-protect-quoted-subtrees) (org-export-remove-clock-lines) (org-export-protect-verbatim) (org-export-mark-blockquote-verse-center) (run-hooks ...) (unless ... ...) (setq target-alist ...) (org-export-mark-radio-links) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-concatenate-multiline-links) (run-hooks ...) (org-export-normalize-links) ...) rtn)
  org-export-preprocess-string(#("#+TITLE: test\n#+AUTHOR: Me\n\n\\cite{levy:2008}\n\n#+BIBLIOGRAPHY: rpl plain\n" 0 8 (fontified t font-lock-fontified t face org-document-info-keyword) 8 9 (fontified t) 9 14 (fontified t font-lock-fontified t face org-document-title) 14 23 (fontified t font-lock-fontified t face org-document-info-keyword) 23 24 (fontified t) 24 27 (fontified t font-lock-fontified t face org-document-info) 27 46 (fontified t) 46 71 (fontified t font-lock-fontified t face org-meta-line) 71 72 (fontified t)) :emph-multiline t :for-backend html :skip-before-1st-heading nil :drawers nil :todo-keywords t :tasks t :tags not-in-toc :priority nil :footnotes t :timestamps t :archived-trees headline :select-tags ("export") :exclude-tags ("noexport") :add-text nil :LaTeX-fragments t)
  (org-split-string (org-export-preprocess-string region :emph-multiline t :for-backend (quote html) :skip-before-1st-heading (plist-get opt-plist :skip-before-1st-heading) :drawers (plist-get opt-plist :drawers) :todo-keywords (plist-get opt-plist :todo-keywords) :tasks (plist-get opt-plist :tasks) :tags (plist-get opt-plist :tags) :priority (plist-get opt-plist :priority) :footnotes (plist-get opt-plist :footnotes) :timestamps (plist-get opt-plist :timestamps) :archived-trees (plist-get opt-plist :archived-trees) :select-tags (plist-get opt-plist :select-tags) :exclude-tags (plist-get opt-plist :exclude-tags) :add-text (plist-get opt-plist :text) :LaTeX-fragments (plist-get opt-plist :LaTeX-fragments)) "[
\n]")
  (let* ((opt-plist ...) (body-only ...) (style ...) (html-extension ...) valid thetoc have-headings first-heading-pos (odd org-odd-levels-only) (region-p ...) (rbeg ...) (rend ...) (subtree-p ...) (level-offset ...) (opt-plist ...) (org-current-export-dir ...) (org-current-export-file buffer-file-name) (level 0) (org-line "") (origline "") txt todo (umax nil) (umax-toc nil) (filename ...) (current-dir ...) (auto-insert nil) (buffer ...) (org-levels-open ...) (date ...) (author ...) (html-validation-link ...) (title ...) (link-up ...) (link-home ...) (dummy ...) (html-table-tag ...) (quote-re0 ...) (quote-re ...) (inquote nil) (infixed nil) (inverse nil) (email ...) (language ...) (keywords ...) (description ...) (num ...) (lang-words nil) (head-count 0) cnt ...) (let (...) (org-unmodified ...)) (message "Exporting...") (setq org-min-level (org-get-min-level lines level-offset)) (setq org-last-level org-min-level) (org-init-section-numbers) (cond (... ...) (date) (t ...)) (setq lang-words (or ... ...)) (set-buffer buffer) (let (...) (erase-buffer)) (fundamental-mode) (org-install-letbind) (and (fboundp ...) (set-buffer-file-coding-system coding-system-for-write)) (let (... ...) (mapc ... org-export-plist-vars) (setq umax ...) (setq umax-toc ...) (unless body-only ... ... ...) (if org-export-with-toc ...) (setq head-count 0) (org-init-section-numbers) (org-open-par) (while ... ...) (when inquote ... ...) (org-html-level-start 1 nil umax ... head-count opt-plist) (when ... ...) (save-excursion ... ...) (when footnotes ...) (let ... ...) (unless body-only ... ...) (if org-export-html-with-timestamp ...) (unless body-only ...) (unless ... ... ...) (goto-char ...) (when thetoc ... ... ...) (goto-char ...) (while ... ...) (goto-char ...) (goto-char ...) (let ... ...) (goto-char ...) (when ... ...) (remove-text-properties ... ... ...) (run-hooks ...) (or to-buffer ...) (goto-char ...) (or ... ...) (if ... ... ...)))
  org-export-as-html(nil)
  call-interactively(org-export-as-html)
  (if (and bg (nth 2 ass) (not ...) (not ...)) (let (...) (set-process-sentinel p ...) (message "Background process \"%s\": started" p)) (if subtree-p (let ... ... ...)) (call-interactively (nth 1 ass)) (when (and bpos ...) (let ... ... ... ... ...)))
  (let* ((bg ...) (subtree-p ...) (regb ...) (rege ...) (help "[t]   insert the export option template\n[v]   limit export to visible part of outline tree\n[1]   switch buffer/subtree export\n[SPC] publish enclosing subtree (with LaTeX_CLASS or EXPORT_FILE_NAME prop)\n\n[a/n/u] export as ASCII/Latin-1/UTF-8         [A/N/U] to temporary buffer\n\n[h] export as HTML      [H] to temporary buffer   [R] export region\n[b] export as HTML and open in browser\n\n[l] export as LaTeX     [L] to temporary buffer\n[p] export as LaTeX and process to PDF            [d] ... and open PDF file\n\n[D] export as DocBook   [V] export as DocBook, process to PDF, and open\n\n[o] export as OpenDocument Text                   [O] ... and open\n\n[j] export as TaskJuggler                         [J] ... and open\n\n[m] export as Freemind mind map\n[x] export as XOXO\n[g] export using Wes Hardaker's generic exporter\n\n[i] export current file as iCalendar file\n[I] export all agenda files as iCalendar files   [c] ...as one combined file\n\n[F] publish current file          [P] publish current project\n[X] publish a project...          [E] publish every projects") (cmds ...) r1 r2 ass (cpos ...) (cbuf ...) bpos) (save-excursion (save-window-excursion ... ... ... ... ... ...)) (if (fboundp ...) (redisplay)) (and bpos (goto-char bpos)) (setq r2 (if ... ... r1)) (unless (setq ass ...) (error "No command associated with key %c" r1)) (if (and bg ... ... ...) (let ... ... ...) (if subtree-p ...) (call-interactively ...) (when ... ...)))
  org-export(nil)
  call-interactively(org-export nil nil)

Re: failed execution of bibtex2html

[Vikas Rawal]

> Hi,
> 
> I'm having trouble getting \cite commands to work within org-mode for HTML export -- I get the error "Executing bibtex2html failed" when I run org-export-as-html.  I'm running Aquamacs 2.4 (based on GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1) and org-mode version 7.9.4.  Any advice would be much appreciated! (Note that emacs *can* find and execute bibtex2html.)  I append a minimal example of the error.

This thread may be of help:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2012-11/threads.html#00067

In particular, look at:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2012-11/msg00166.html

Vikas

Re: failed execution of bibtex2html

[Eric S Fraga]

"Levy, Roger" <rlevy@ucsd.edu> writes:

> I'm having trouble getting \cite commands to work within org-mode for
> HTML export -- I get the error "Executing bibtex2html failed" when I
> run org-export-as-html.  I'm running Aquamacs 2.4 (based on GNU Emacs
> 23.3.50.1) and org-mode version 7.9.4.  Any advice would be much
> appreciated! (Note that emacs *can* find and execute bibtex2html.)  I
> append a minimal example of the error.

[...]

> #+BIBLIOGRAPHY: rpl plain

Does the new exporter (i.e. in org v8) support anything similar to this,
specifically, the #+BIBLIOGRAPHY specification?  The only mention of
this specification is in org-reftex-citation which makes reference to
org-exp-bibtex which I assume is for the old exporter.

-- 
: Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D
: in Emacs 24.3.50.1 and Org release_8.0.1-19-g9655a1