I know about setting \newcommand{cyr}... and then using
\cyr{text}, but the text is inside a bib-file. So if I
set that command in the manuscript and cite an article
for which the bib-file contains the cyrillic word in a
note, will BibTeX know about it? Or how do I do it?

--
db

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:47:12 -0000 (UTC), db wrote:

> I know about setting \newcommand{cyr}... and then using \cyr{text}, but
> the text is inside a bib-file. So if I set that command in the
> manuscript and cite an article for which the bib-file contains the
> cyrillic word in a note, will BibTeX know about it? Or how do I do it?

I need more help. I put in
\newcommand{cyr}{\fontencoding{OT1}\selectfont}
but this doesn't work. How should it be?

--
db

In article <vhi8dg$1sngj$1@dont-email.me>, dieterhansbritz@gmail.com
says...
>
> I know about setting \newcommand{cyr}... and then using
> \cyr{text}, but the text is inside a bib-file. So if I
> set that command in the manuscript and cite an article
> for which the bib-file contains the cyrillic word in a
> note, will BibTeX know about it? Or how do I do it?

One solution is described in
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/645615/how-to-cite-a-few-
russian-sources-in-an-english-document.

A more modern approach would use polyglossia instead of babel, and then

\setmainlanguage[variant=british]{english}

\setotherlanguage[babelshorthands=true,numerals=arabic]{russian}
\newfontfamily\russianfont{FreeSerif}

Am 19.11.24 um 15:47 schrieb db:
> I know about setting \newcommand{cyr}... and then using
> \cyr{text}, but the text is inside a bib-file. So if I
> set that command in the manuscript and cite an article
> for which the bib-file contains the cyrillic word in a
> note, will BibTeX know about it? Or how do I do it?
>

I recommend using BibLaTeX together with the LuaTeX engine and then
entering Cyrillic texts directly (UTF-8). Everything else is complicated
and not portable.

....Rolf

On 19/11/2024 15:06, db wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:47:12 -0000 (UTC), db wrote:
>
>> I know about setting \newcommand{cyr}... and then using \cyr{text}, but
>> the text is inside a bib-file. So if I set that command in the
>> manuscript and cite an article for which the bib-file contains the
>> cyrillic word in a note, will BibTeX know about it? Or how do I do it?
>
> I need more help. I put in
> \newcommand{cyr}{\fontencoding{OT1}\selectfont}
> but this doesn't work. How should it be?

It might be easier to use XeLaTeX with biblatex and biber than BiBTeX
and OT1

========================= test.tex
\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec,polyglossia,csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\setmainlanguage{english}
\setotherlanguage{russian}
\newfontfamily{\cyrillicfont}{CMU Serif}
\addbibresource{test.bib}
\begin{document}
This cites \textcite{urban79}.

\raggedright
\printbibliography
\end{document}

========================== test.bib
@Book{urban79,
editor = {George Robert Urban},
title = {Communist Reformation},
ALTyear = {1979},
subtitle = {Nationalism, Internationalism and
Change in the World Communist Movement},
note = {Charts the rise of \textrussian{перестройка}
and \textrussian{гласность}},
publisher = {Temple Smith},
location = {London},
isbn = {085117180X},
pagetotal = {335},
url =
{https://www.mwbooks.ie/pages/books/143153/george-robert-urban/communist-reformation-nationalism-internationalism-and-change-in-the-world-communist-movement},
urldate = {2024-11-24}
}