Weird compile result -- bug?

[Herbert Voss]

Am 15.10.21 um 18:40 schrieb Rich Shepard:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2021, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
>
>> So I went to the original document and, in the bibliography settings,
>> changed the processor option from default to bibtex8, and sure enough 
>> the
>> original compiled correctly.
>>
>> I'm not sure if this is a bug or something the user is responsible for
>> knowing (it was news to me, but I never use biblatex). So I'm 
>> reporting it
>> here to let wiser minds decide.
>
> Paul,
>
> Thanks for digging further into the issue. I clarify a couple of points
> because I think the problem is a bug, not a "feature." :-)
>
> Biblatex replaced bibtxt a number of years ago, and the application which
> works on biblatex-formatted bibliographic databases is Biber.
>
> In my document the Settings -> Bibliography -> Bibliography Generator
> Processer is set to biber.
>
>  I'm not sure what bibtex8 does, but biblatex and biber are a mated pair.

bibtex8 is bibtex for 8bit, but also outdated!

Herbert