Group BibTeX databases of references.
####Usage:
Use the environment variable BIBINPUTS to set the path to your local machine where you cloned this repo. This way, the \bibliography command works for all group members (as no hard path is provided to the database files).
Sometimes, processing an article with LaTeX generates an additional .bib file in your working directory for footnotes that are added to the list of references (this happens with the RevTeX format). You then have to remember to copy that file over to your BIBINPUTS location (with the other BibTeX files), or your \bibliography won't find it, and you will get an error:
I couldn't open database file <article name>.bib ... I'm skipping whatever remains of this command
I found no database files
followed by a failure to create the bibliography. SIGH. This can stump you and make you waste a couple of hours before you realize it.
Always copy any footnote file generated by LaTeX article name.bib into your BIBINPUTS location.
####Environment variables on Mac
Up to Lion (10.7), you can use the file MacOSX/environment.plist
To change its contents, open it with:
open ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist
See the blog "How to set an environment variable in Mac OS X"
This does not work from 10.8 onwards, though. After Mountain Lion, you have to use launched
More details in blog posts and StackOverflow.