Added option nobiblatex to supress the loading of the biblatex pa…

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Added documentation to README.md and abstract-templatex.tex

README.md

@@ -10,13 +10,23 @@ License:    Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c or later
 See:        http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+This is an adoption of the MS Word template made available by the organizers 
+of the DH Benelux 2016 in Luxembourg.
+
+To use this LaTeX style file, please copy "dhbenelux.sty" and 
+"abstract-template.tex" to a directory. Edit "abstract-template.tex" and call 
+"xelatex" on that file (either via the shell or via your editor). Then call 
+biber (which is a modern substitute for BibTeX) and "xelatex" again (maybe 
+twice). 
+
 ```
 
 ## Changelog
 
 ### 0.2 to 0.3
 
 * Added support for ``hyperref`` package (options ``print`` and ``electronic``)
+* Added option ``nobiblatex`` to allow alternative ways for bibliography (BibTeX or own bibliography environment)
 * split up files to distribute it via Github
 
 ### 0.1 to 0.2

abstract-template.tex

@@ -27,13 +27,30 @@
 % www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-install-microsoft-core-fonts-in-ubuntu-linux/
 % or www.pcworld.com/article/2863497/how-to-install-microsoft-fonts-in-linux-office-suites.html
 %
+% By default the biblatex package is used in conjenction with biber. 
+% Therefore you have to call ``xelatex'', then ''biber'' and then 
+% ``xelatex'' again (maybe twice)
+%
 % If you have any comments or questions, please let me know.
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
-\usepackage[]{dhbenelux}
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%%% Load style file for DH Benelux
+%%% Available options:
+%%%    - electronic: create a document using hyperref with colors (default)
+%%%    - print:      do not use colored links
+%%%    - biblatex:   load biblatex package with backend biber (default)
+%%%    - nobiblatex: do not load biblatex -> user has to provide it own 
+%%%                  thebibliography environment, e.g. with bst+bibtex
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\usepackage[biblatex]{dhbenelux}
 
+% Default: biblatex+biber
 \addbibresource{YOURFILE.bib} %%%<--- ENTER your .bib file here
 
+% Otherwise provide your own thebibliography environment or use bst 
+% files together with bibtex
+%
 \begin{document}
 \title{Title of Your Paper in Title Case}
 \author{Author name 1}{Affil}{[email protected]}
@@ -46,7 +63,7 @@
 \maketitle
 
 
-Please enter for text.
+Please enter your text.
 \begin{figure}
 Place graphic here
 \caption{Fractal island construction}
@@ -55,6 +72,8 @@
 
 Please enter other text here. Use \parencite{key}, \cite{key} or \textcite{key} for references to your BibTeX database.
 
-%%% Outputs bibliography
+%%% Outputs bibliography (for default biblatex usage)
+%%% You can use \bibliographystyle and \bibliography here instead if you want.
 \printbibliography
+
 \end{document}

dhbenelux.sty

@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@
 % This work consists of the files dhbenelux.sty and abstract-template.tex
 %
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01]
-\ProvidesPackage{dhbenelux}[2016/04/14 v0.3 A small style file for the DH Benelux]
+\ProvidesPackage{dhbenelux}[2016/04/20 v0.3 A small style file for the DH Benelux]
 \RequirePackage{ifxetex}
 \RequireXeTeX
 \newif\if@print
+\newif\if@usebiblatex
 \DeclareOption{electronic}{\@printfalse}
 \DeclareOption{print}{\@printtrue}
-\ExecuteOptions{electronic}
+\DeclareOption{biblatex}{\@usebiblatextrue}
+\DeclareOption{nobiblatex}{\@usebiblatexfalse}
+\ExecuteOptions{biblatex,electronic}
 \ProcessOptions\relax
 \usepackage{fontspec}
 \setmainfont{Calibri}
@@ -44,24 +47,31 @@
    format=hang,justification=raggedright,%
    singlelinecheck=false}
 \usepackage[autostyle]{csquotes}
-\usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear]{biblatex}
-%%%
-\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{firstinits=true,uniquename=init,doi=false,isbn=false}
-
-\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}
-
-\setlength{\bibitemsep}{0pt}
-\setlength{\bibhang}{2em}
-\renewcommand{\newunitpunct}{\addcomma\space}
-\renewcommand{\labelnamepunct}{\addspace}
-\renewbibmacro*{in:}{}
-\renewcommand{\bibfont}{\normalfont\fontsize{10pt}{11.5pt}\selectfont\raggedright}
-\defbibheading{bibliography}[\refname]{%
-    \removelastskip%
-    \vspace*{8mm}%
-    {\bfseries\fontsize{12pt}{13.8pt}\selectfont\color{GrayForReferences} #1\par}%
-     \vspace*{-0.5\baselineskip}}%
-%%%  
+\if@usebiblatex
+   \PackageInfo{dhbenelux}{Package biblatex loaded. Please use\MessageBreak biber instead of bibtex to connect your .bib file.}
+   \usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear]{biblatex}
+   %%%
+   \ExecuteBibliographyOptions{firstinits=true,uniquename=init,doi=false,isbn=false}
+   %
+   \DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}
+   %
+   \setlength{\bibitemsep}{0pt}
+   \setlength{\bibhang}{2em}
+   \renewcommand{\newunitpunct}{\addcomma\space}
+   \renewcommand{\labelnamepunct}{\addspace}
+   \renewbibmacro*{in:}{}
+   \renewcommand{\bibfont}{\normalfont\fontsize{10pt}{11.5pt}\selectfont\raggedright}
+   \defbibheading{bibliography}[\refname]{%
+       \removelastskip%
+       \vspace*{8mm}%
+       {\bfseries\fontsize{12pt}{13.8pt}\selectfont\color{GrayForReferences} #1\par}%
+        \vspace*{-0.5\baselineskip}}%
+\else
+   \PackageInfo{dhbenelux}{You deactivated biblatex. Please provide your\MessageBreak own bibliography or use BiBTeX instead.}
+   \newcommand*{\addbibresource}{\PackageError{dhbenelux}{You can not use \string\addbibresource, because\MessageBreak you deactivated biblatex.}{Please remove the option ``nobiblatex'' from the \string\usepackage\space call}}
+   \newcommand*{\addbibresource}{\PackageError{dhbenelux}{You can not use \string\printbibliography, because\MessageBreak you deactivated biblatex.}{Please remove the option ``nobiblatex'' from the \string\usepackage\space call}}   
+   \RequirePackage{url}
+\fi%  
 \urlstyle{same}
 
 \usepackage{multicol}