Re: [Tools-discuss] bibxml3 database reload frequency

[Henrik Levkowetz <[e-mail]>]

Hi Carsten,

On 2020-08-21 14:13, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> On 2020-08-21, at 14:06, Henrik Levkowetz <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> 
>> Indeed, to force v2v3 conversion (if you have v2 documents), you should use
>> --v3 --expand.  (The --expand switch is valid for both v2 and v3 documents,
>> while --prep is valid only for v3, so it implies --v3.)
> 
> Now I’m confused, as this doesn’t seem to do the same thing as --v2v3
> first and then --expand. (I don’t understand what the differences are
> about, maybe it is just the order of elements, but I see a missing
> target for instance.)

Mmm.  Right.  --v3 is appropriate when invoking a v3 formatter, but not in
this case, when no formatter is involved.  Mea culpa.  I think that should
have been --v2v3 --expand.  Does that work for you in your use case?

(FWIW, I don't have a lot of test cases for v2 input with v3 functionality,
and in particular not --v2v3 in combination with other v3 processing, only
standalone and implied, i.e. with --v3 forcing a v3 formatter.)


Regards,

	Henrik