Package biblatex Error: Incompatible package 'backref'

suresh

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Jun 2, 2011, 12:44:36 AM6/2/11

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Hi

I loaded biblatex like this, before hyperref.

\usepackage[hyperref=true,backref=true]{biblatex}
\usepackage[pagebackref=true,breaklinks=true,letterpaper=true,colorlinks,bookmarks=false]{hyperref}
 \usepackage{cleveref}

I am using texlive 2010 in Ubuntu.

I get the error,
Package biblatex Error: Incompatible package 'backref'

Any suggestions?
thanks
suresh

Heiko Oberdiek

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Jun 2, 2011, 2:13:27 AM6/2/11

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suresh <suresh.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I loaded biblatex like this, before hyperref.
>
> \usepackage[hyperref=true,backref=true]{biblatex}
> \usepackage[pagebackref=true,breaklinks=true,letterpaper=true,colorlinks,bookmarks=false]{hyperref}

> ?\usepackage{cleveref}

> I get the error,
> Package biblatex Error: Incompatible package 'backref'

\usepackage[colorlinks,bookmarks=false]{hyperref}

--
Heiko Oberdiek

suresh

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Jun 2, 2011, 2:22:19 AM6/2/11

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Thanks Heiko Oberdiek.

pagebackref=true option is need for me in hyperref. If I retain that option, biblatex does not work. Besides, biblatex does not seem to accept IEEE bib style.

Any other suggestions?
suresh

Robin Fairbairns

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Jun 2, 2011, 4:31:55 AM6/2/11

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suresh <suresh.a...@gmail.com> writes:

> pagebackref=true option is need for me in hyperref. If I retain that
> option, biblatex does not work.

so it would seem that you have to fall back on use of bibtex until
philipp can arrange that it _does_ work.

> Besides, biblatex does not seem to
> accept IEEE bib style.

huh? you mean biblatex-ieee doesn't work? have you told the author?

> Any other suggestions?

like i said, forget about biblatex for this paper.
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Joseph Wright

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Jun 2, 2011, 4:13:27 PM6/2/11

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On 02/06/2011 07:22, suresh wrote:
> Thanks Heiko Oberdiek.
>
> pagebackref=true option is need for me in hyperref. If I retain that option, biblatex does not work. Besides, biblatex does not seem to accept IEEE bib style.

Could you clarify 'biblatex does not seem to accept IEEE bib style'. As
the demo document shows,

\usepackage[style=ieee]{biblatex}

should work fine.
--
Joseph Wright

suresh

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Jun 2, 2011, 10:20:09 PM6/2/11

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Guess I did not read enough of biblatex documentation before I posted. Now biblatex works with ieee style, but it does not work if pagebackref=true option is enabled in hyperref, which my conference paper mandates. So I guess I cannot use biblatex for this paper as RF suggested.

Thanks to RF and Joseph Wright for the help.
suresh

Philipp Lehman

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Jun 3, 2011, 5:25:45 AM6/3/11

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suresh wrote:
> Guess I did not read enough of biblatex documentation before I
> posted. Now biblatex works with ieee style, but it does not work if
> pagebackref=true option is enabled in hyperref, which my conference
> paper mandates.

Biblatex's pageref option replaces hyperref's pagebackref option. You
don't need the latter if you use biblatex.

> So I guess I cannot use biblatex for this paper as
> RF suggested.

There is no conflict in the sense of both packages being incompatible.
Both options do the same thing, it's just that you must enable this
functionality on the Biblatex end if you're using Biblatex. That's
all.

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suresh

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Jun 3, 2011, 8:38:17 PM6/3/11

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Hi Lehman,
I tried the following:
\usepackage[hyperref=true,backref=true,style=ieee]{biblatex} \bibliography{IEEEabrv,mybib}
\usepackage[colorlinks,bookmarks=false]{hyperref}

I am unable to see the page numbers printed at the bib listings where the particular reference is cited. However I get it properly if I use,
\usepackage[pagebackref=true,breaklinks=true,letterpaper=true,colorlinks,bookmarks=false]{hyperref}

but then I cannot use biblatex...
thanks
suresh