bxc 1.1.0__tar.gz

bxc-1.1.0/.gitignore

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+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+venv/
+.venv/
+.env
+
+# Antigravity / Agents
+.agents/
+
+# Build and Testing
+dist/
+.pytest_cache/
+test_failures.log
+test_trace.py
+.coverage
+coverage.xml
+*.log
+
+# Infra config that doesn't belong in this project (Forgejo/runner secrets)
+app.ini
+runner*.yaml
+dind_config*.yaml
+
+# Personal git/GPG workflow scripts, not part of the bxc project
+do_merge.sh
+gen_gpg.sh
+gpg-batch
+fchicout.pub.asc

bxc-1.1.0/CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to bxc are documented here. The format follows
+[Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and the project uses
+[Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.1.0] - 2026-09-30
+
+First release prepared for PyPI. It fixes the problems found by the pre-release security,
+quality, performance and packaging audits and adds native installers.
+
+### Security
+- HTML output no longer emits raw markup from the `year`, `date` and `type` BibTeX fields; every
+  string is escaped in one place before it reaches the output.
+- Links are only created for plain `http://` and `https://` URLs. A `url` field such as
+  `javascript:...` is shown as text, and URLs can no longer break out of the HTML attribute or the
+  Markdown link.
+- Markdown output escapes `<` and strips all attributes from `<sup>`/`<sub>`, so data cannot inject HTML.
+- Style names are validated (`--style`, and `independent-parent` links inside styles). Path
+  separators, `..` and absolute paths are rejected instead of writing files outside the cache.
+- Tag-matching regular expressions and the style-search wildcard run in linear time, so crafted
+  input can no longer stall the program.
+- The SonarQube badge token was removed from the README (it would have been published on PyPI).
+
+### Fixed
+- `$`, `<` and `>` in titles are kept in plain and Markdown output (a price like `$100` or
+  `Price < 5` used to lose characters). Math delimiters such as `$x$` are still dropped, and an
+  escaped `\$` renders as `$`.
+- Numeric styles print a space after the label (`[1] J. Smith` instead of `[1]J. Smith`).
+- Non-standard entry types (`@online`, `@software`, `@dataset`, ...) are no longer silently dropped.
+- Author names: `{Institution Name}` stays one name, `and others` becomes "et al.", and
+  `Smith, Jr., John` keeps the suffix.
+- Case-protection braces (`{DNA}`) no longer leak into the output, and page ranges written
+  with `--` become an en dash.
+- A field with hundreds of `{...}` groups no longer fails with a recursion error.
+- `--mode citation` without `--cite` no longer crashes.
+- `bxc cache update` and `bxc cache rebuild` no longer always fail: upstream publishes no style
+  index, so the bundled one is installed instead.
+- Output to a terminal or pipe that cannot represent a character no longer crashes the CLI.
+
+### Changed
+- **Duplicate citation keys are now an error** (`BibTeXParseError`). Previously the first entry
+  was silently dropped.
+- `update_cache()` returns `False` when it installed the bundled index because the remote has none
+  (it returns `True` when it downloaded one).
+- The license metadata now says **Apache-2.0**, matching the `LICENSE` file (it said MIT). The
+  bundled CSL styles (CC BY-SA 3.0) are credited in `NOTICE`.
+- The bundled style index is generated from the bundled styles: 10,852 styles with real titles,
+  categories and parents (it had 10 hand-written entries). `bxc search` now covers them all.
+- Python 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14 are listed and tested; the package ships `py.typed`.
+
+### Added
+- Native installers, attached to each release with a `SHA256SUMS` file:
+  `.deb` (Debian 13+, Ubuntu 24.04+), `.rpm` (Fedora 40+, RHEL/AlmaLinux 10+) and a Windows x64
+  `.msi` that bundles its own Python and adds `bxc` to the `PATH`. The Windows installer is not
+  code-signed.
+- `--debug` prints the full traceback for unexpected errors.
+- CI builds the wheel, sdist and all three installers on every change and runs the tests on
+  Python 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14; pushing a `v*` tag publishes a Forgejo release.
+- This changelog, and an exit-code table in the README (0 success, 1 error, 2 usage, 130 interrupted).
+
+### Removed
+- The GitHub issue-sync and GitHub release workflows. The old `.msi` (a renamed zip) is replaced by the real installer above.
+
+[Unreleased]: https://forgejo.fchicout.dev/fchicout/bxc/compare/v1.1.0...HEAD
+[1.1.0]: https://forgejo.fchicout.dev/fchicout/bxc/compare/v1.0.1...v1.1.0

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bxc-1.1.0/NOTICE

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+bxc (Bibliographic Reference Formatter)
+Copyright 2026 fchicout
+
+This product includes software developed by the bxc project contributors.
+https://forgejo.fchicout.dev/fchicout/bxc
+
+Bundled third-party data
+------------------------
+src/bxc/styles_bundle.tar.xz contains a snapshot of the Citation Style Language
+(CSL) styles repository, https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles,
+Copyright the CSL style authors and contributors, licensed under the Creative
+Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license
+(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Each style file carries its
+own author and license metadata. The styles are redistributed unmodified.

bxc-1.1.0/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.5
+Name: bxc
+Version: 1.1.0
+Summary: A lightweight Python library and CLI tool to format BibTeX references using CSL
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://forgejo.fchicout.dev/fchicout/bxc
+Project-URL: Issues, https://forgejo.fchicout.dev/fchicout/bxc/issues
+Author-email: Fabio Chicout <fchicout@gmail.com>
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+License-File: NOTICE
+Keywords: bibliography,bibtex,citation,csl,references
+Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
+Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14
+Classifier: Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup
+Classifier: Typing :: Typed
+Requires-Python: >=3.12
+Requires-Dist: bibtexparser<2.0.0,>=1.4.3
+Requires-Dist: citeproc-py>=0.6.0
+Requires-Dist: platformdirs>=4.0.0
+Provides-Extra: lint
+Requires-Dist: mypy>=2.0.0; extra == 'lint'
+Requires-Dist: ruff>=0.14.0; extra == 'lint'
+Provides-Extra: test
+Requires-Dist: pytest-cov>=4.1.0; extra == 'test'
+Requires-Dist: pytest>=8.0.0; extra == 'test'
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# bxc (Bibliographic Reference Formatter)
+
+A lightweight Python library and Command Line Interface (CLI) tool designed to format BibTeX bibliography records into academic styles (like IEEE, ABNT, ACM) using **Citation Style Language (CSL)**. It natively outputs to Markdown, HTML, and Plain Text, making it perfect for static blogs, documentation websites, and automated citation pipelines.
+
+---
+
+## Key Features
+
+*   **Zero-Configuration UX:** Automatically resolves, downloads, and caches standard academic styles (e.g., `ieee`, `nature`, `abnt`) on demand from the official CSL repositories.
+*   **Offline-First Style Resolution:** Ships with a bundled, compressed snapshot of the entire CSL styles repository (10,000+ styles, ~1.4MB). Style lookups check this local archive before ever touching the network, so `bxc format` works instantly and fully offline for any standard style - the CDN is only used for brand-new styles not yet in the bundle, or when explicitly syncing (`bxc cache update` / `bxc cache rebuild`).
+*   **LaTeX to Unicode Normalization:** Seamlessly cleans and converts LaTeX accent escape codes (like `{\`e}`, `\c{c}`) to standard Unicode (e.g., `è`, `ç`) prior to formatting.
+*   **Multiple Output Targets:** Renders styled reference lists natively to Markdown, HTML, and Plain Text.
+*   **Local Cross-Platform Caching:** Caches downloaded styles locally according to OS-native standards (`~/.cache/bxc/` on Linux, `~/Library/Caches/bxc/` on macOS, `%LOCALAPPDATA%\\bxc\\Cache` on Windows; run `bxc cache status` to see yours).
+*   **Flexible Interface:** Use it as a terminal CLI tool or import it as a standard Python library.
+
+---
+
+## Installation
+
+Requires Python 3.12 or newer.
+
+**pip / pipx** (any platform):
+
+```bash
+pipx install bxc      # or: pip install bxc
+```
+
+**Native installers** are attached to each release on the project page, with a `SHA256SUMS` file to verify them:
+
+| Platform | Package | Install |
+|---|---|---|
+| Debian 13+, Ubuntu 24.04+ | `bxc_<version>_all.deb` | `sudo apt install ./bxc_<version>_all.deb` |
+| Fedora 40+, RHEL / AlmaLinux 10+ | `bxc-<version>-1.noarch.rpm` | `sudo dnf install ./bxc-<version>-1.noarch.rpm` |
+| Windows 10+ (x64) | `bxc-<version>-x64.msi` | double-click, or `msiexec /i bxc-<version>-x64.msi` |
+
+The deb and rpm bundle bxc's pure-Python dependencies and use your distribution's `python3` and `python3-lxml`; the package manager installs them for you. They need Python 3.12+, so older distributions (Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04, RHEL 9) should use `pipx` instead. The Windows installer is self-contained (it ships its own Python) and adds `bxc` to the system `PATH`; it is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run. Open a new terminal after installing.
+
+---
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### Command Line Interface (CLI)
+
+Format a `.bib` file to Markdown using IEEE style:
+```bash
+bxc format citations.bib --style ieee --output markdown
+```
+
+Search for a citation style:
+```bash
+bxc search "ABNT"
+```
+
+Clear, sync, or inspect the local cache:
+```bash
+bxc cache update   # refresh the style search index from the CDN
+bxc cache rebuild   # re-download every cached style from the CDN (sync with CDN)
+bxc cache status   # show cache location and stats
+bxc cache clear    # remove all cached styles and the index
+```
+
+`bxc cache update` and `bxc cache rebuild` are the commands that talk to the CDN on purpose - they're how you get styles fresher than the bundled snapshot. Everyday `bxc format` calls never need them: they resolve styles from the bundled local archive first (see [Offline-First Style Resolution](#key-features) above), which is why bxc works out of the box without a network connection.
+
+Maintainers can refresh that bundled archive itself (a periodic task, not something end users run) with:
+```bash
+python build_styles_bundle.py
+```
+
+### Python API
+
+```python
+import bxc
+
+# Parses, converts LaTeX escapes, fetches CSL, and formats citation
+markdown_ref = bxc.format_bibtex(
+    bibtex_source="@article{smith2026, ...}",
+    style="ieee",
+    output_format="markdown"
+)
+
+print(markdown_ref)
+```
+
+---
+
+## CLI reference
+
+`bxc format [BIB] --style STYLE [--output plain|markdown|html] [--mode bibliography|citation] [--cite KEYS] [--out-file PATH]`
+
+*   `BIB` (or `--bib/-b`): path to a `.bib` file; use `-` to read from stdin.
+*   `--style/-s`: a CSL style name (e.g. `ieee`, `apa`) or the path to a local `.csl` file.
+*   `--cite/-c`: comma-separated citation keys to format.
+*   Exit codes: `0` success, `1` error (parse failure, style not found, ...), `2` invalid usage, `130` interrupted.
+
+`bxc search [QUERY] [--category CATEGORY]` searches the style registry; `bxc cache {status,update,rebuild,clear}` manages the local cache.
+
+## License
+
+Apache License 2.0. The bundled CSL styles are from the [Citation Style Language styles repository](https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles) and are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0; see `NOTICE`.

bxc-1.1.0/README.md

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+# bxc (Bibliographic Reference Formatter)
+
+A lightweight Python library and Command Line Interface (CLI) tool designed to format BibTeX bibliography records into academic styles (like IEEE, ABNT, ACM) using **Citation Style Language (CSL)**. It natively outputs to Markdown, HTML, and Plain Text, making it perfect for static blogs, documentation websites, and automated citation pipelines.
+
+---
+
+## Key Features
+
+*   **Zero-Configuration UX:** Automatically resolves, downloads, and caches standard academic styles (e.g., `ieee`, `nature`, `abnt`) on demand from the official CSL repositories.
+*   **Offline-First Style Resolution:** Ships with a bundled, compressed snapshot of the entire CSL styles repository (10,000+ styles, ~1.4MB). Style lookups check this local archive before ever touching the network, so `bxc format` works instantly and fully offline for any standard style - the CDN is only used for brand-new styles not yet in the bundle, or when explicitly syncing (`bxc cache update` / `bxc cache rebuild`).
+*   **LaTeX to Unicode Normalization:** Seamlessly cleans and converts LaTeX accent escape codes (like `{\`e}`, `\c{c}`) to standard Unicode (e.g., `è`, `ç`) prior to formatting.
+*   **Multiple Output Targets:** Renders styled reference lists natively to Markdown, HTML, and Plain Text.
+*   **Local Cross-Platform Caching:** Caches downloaded styles locally according to OS-native standards (`~/.cache/bxc/` on Linux, `~/Library/Caches/bxc/` on macOS, `%LOCALAPPDATA%\\bxc\\Cache` on Windows; run `bxc cache status` to see yours).
+*   **Flexible Interface:** Use it as a terminal CLI tool or import it as a standard Python library.
+
+---
+
+## Installation
+
+Requires Python 3.12 or newer.
+
+**pip / pipx** (any platform):
+
+```bash
+pipx install bxc      # or: pip install bxc
+```
+
+**Native installers** are attached to each release on the project page, with a `SHA256SUMS` file to verify them:
+
+| Platform | Package | Install |
+|---|---|---|
+| Debian 13+, Ubuntu 24.04+ | `bxc_<version>_all.deb` | `sudo apt install ./bxc_<version>_all.deb` |
+| Fedora 40+, RHEL / AlmaLinux 10+ | `bxc-<version>-1.noarch.rpm` | `sudo dnf install ./bxc-<version>-1.noarch.rpm` |
+| Windows 10+ (x64) | `bxc-<version>-x64.msi` | double-click, or `msiexec /i bxc-<version>-x64.msi` |
+
+The deb and rpm bundle bxc's pure-Python dependencies and use your distribution's `python3` and `python3-lxml`; the package manager installs them for you. They need Python 3.12+, so older distributions (Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04, RHEL 9) should use `pipx` instead. The Windows installer is self-contained (it ships its own Python) and adds `bxc` to the system `PATH`; it is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run. Open a new terminal after installing.
+
+---
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### Command Line Interface (CLI)
+
+Format a `.bib` file to Markdown using IEEE style:
+```bash
+bxc format citations.bib --style ieee --output markdown
+```
+
+Search for a citation style:
+```bash
+bxc search "ABNT"
+```
+
+Clear, sync, or inspect the local cache:
+```bash
+bxc cache update   # refresh the style search index from the CDN
+bxc cache rebuild   # re-download every cached style from the CDN (sync with CDN)
+bxc cache status   # show cache location and stats
+bxc cache clear    # remove all cached styles and the index
+```
+
+`bxc cache update` and `bxc cache rebuild` are the commands that talk to the CDN on purpose - they're how you get styles fresher than the bundled snapshot. Everyday `bxc format` calls never need them: they resolve styles from the bundled local archive first (see [Offline-First Style Resolution](#key-features) above), which is why bxc works out of the box without a network connection.
+
+Maintainers can refresh that bundled archive itself (a periodic task, not something end users run) with:
+```bash
+python build_styles_bundle.py
+```
+
+### Python API
+
+```python
+import bxc
+
+# Parses, converts LaTeX escapes, fetches CSL, and formats citation
+markdown_ref = bxc.format_bibtex(
+    bibtex_source="@article{smith2026, ...}",
+    style="ieee",
+    output_format="markdown"
+)
+
+print(markdown_ref)
+```
+
+---
+
+## CLI reference
+
+`bxc format [BIB] --style STYLE [--output plain|markdown|html] [--mode bibliography|citation] [--cite KEYS] [--out-file PATH]`
+
+*   `BIB` (or `--bib/-b`): path to a `.bib` file; use `-` to read from stdin.
+*   `--style/-s`: a CSL style name (e.g. `ieee`, `apa`) or the path to a local `.csl` file.
+*   `--cite/-c`: comma-separated citation keys to format.
+*   Exit codes: `0` success, `1` error (parse failure, style not found, ...), `2` invalid usage, `130` interrupted.
+
+`bxc search [QUERY] [--category CATEGORY]` searches the style registry; `bxc cache {status,update,rebuild,clear}` manages the local cache.
+
+## License
+
+Apache License 2.0. The bundled CSL styles are from the [Citation Style Language styles repository](https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles) and are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0; see `NOTICE`.