error when converting bibtex file...

[Former user]

jf@​menotte:/swap> pybtex -l python -f bibtex -b plaintext --terse tmp.bib Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pybtex", line 5, in <module> pkg_resources.run_script('pybtex==0.13.2', 'pybtex') File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 448, in run_script self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1173, in run_script exec script_code in namespace, namespace File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pybtex-0.13.2-py2.6.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/pybtex", line 21, in <module>

File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pybtex/cmdline.py", line 42, in __call__ File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pybtex/cmdline.py", line 84, in main File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pybtex/__main__.py", line 145, in run File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pybtex/__init__.py", line 47, in make_bibliography

File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pybtex/database/input/__init__.py", line 39, in parse_files

TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

[Andrey Golovizin]

- assigned_to: nobody --> ero-sennin

[Andrey Golovizin]

That's not really a bug - pybtex command expects an .aux file as its input, just like bibtex, and cannot directly convert .bib files to plaintext, but this feature is on the list, so stay tuned. :)

[Andrey Golovizin]

- status: open --> closed-invalid