Re: Cyrillic in BIbTeX

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}
}