tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post3808535638333852766..comments2024-03-14T01:32:43.610-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: Weird BibTeX problemSuresh Venkatasubramanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-77321815654454196472007-02-13T10:48:00.000-07:002007-02-13T10:48:00.000-07:00From the bibtex manual:"--min-crossrefs=n Defin...From the bibtex manual:<BR/><BR/>"--min-crossrefs=n<BR/><BR/> Defines the minimum number of crossrefs required for automatic inclusion of the crossref'd entry on the citation list; the default is two."Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-64252989833353060302007-02-12T23:49:00.000-07:002007-02-12T23:49:00.000-07:00While we are talking about bibtex:when you crossre...While we are talking about bibtex:<BR/><BR/>when you crossref two or more papers from the same proceedings, bibtex automatically puts the proceedings themselves as a reference, and then the papers say "In [1]" instead of saying "In proceedings of...".<BR/><BR/>I can see that this is more concise,but it feels odd. Is there a way to turn off this behavior?Kunalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248099184649099128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-17357997523318511672007-02-10T16:07:00.000-07:002007-02-10T16:07:00.000-07:00Although I didn't actually test out anything, Oren...Although I didn't actually test out anything, Oren Patashnik's "Bibtexing" ought to be authoritative; the relevant discussion seems to be <A HREF="http://newton.ex.ac.uk/tex/pack/bibtex/btxdoc/node8.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/>After discussing the four "parts" of a name that bibtex understands, which are First, Last, von, and Jr, he says:<BR/><BR/>"To summarize, BibTeX allows three possible forms for the name:<BR/><BR/> "First von Last"<BR/> "von Last, First"<BR/> "von Last, Jr, First"<BR/><BR/>You may almost always use the first form; you shouldn't if either there's a Jr part, or the Last part has multiple tokens but there's no von"<BR/><BR/>-Ken ClarksonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-61161479841855417372007-02-10T13:40:00.000-07:002007-02-10T13:40:00.000-07:00The correct way to do this, as shown in the .bib f...The correct way to do this, as shown in the .bib file of the bibtex documentation itself, is: "Last, Jr, First Middle". Example:<BR/><BR/>$ zegrep Jr /usr/share/texmf-texlive/doc/bibtex/base/btxdoc.bib<BR/><BR/> author = "Strunk, Jr., William and E. B. White",Sočahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09369029379493432025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-56564210118250057202007-02-10T10:42:00.000-07:002007-02-10T10:42:00.000-07:00You see, this is what happens when you use a word ...You see, this is what happens when you use a word processor to do the job of a database... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-722531589232344842007-02-10T08:42:00.000-07:002007-02-10T08:42:00.000-07:00The correct order to write names like this in BibT...The correct order to write names like this in BibTeX is Last, First M., III. The First M. {Last, III} solution will sort of work, but will incorrectly alphabetize the name as if {Last III} is a single letter of a last name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-7170632881441430422007-02-10T05:56:00.000-07:002007-02-10T05:56:00.000-07:00Probably this is due to the fact that the authors ...Probably this is due to the fact that the authors should be in the form LastName, FirstName, BibTeX is smart enough to usually do the right thing when no comma is present.<BR/><BR/>Therefore Last, First M. III should do the trick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-45412163532301246342007-02-10T04:27:00.000-07:002007-02-10T04:27:00.000-07:00That was quick ! I tried your method, and it also ...That was quick ! I tried your method, and it also works with acm.bst<BR/><BR/>thanks !Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-91584990596792053772007-02-10T03:52:00.000-07:002007-02-10T03:52:00.000-07:00Oops, you_do_ give da bibstyle. sorry. my proposal...Oops, you_do_ give da bibstyle. sorry. my proposal seems to work with my tetex/ubuntu with plain.bstAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-72668131972812176912007-02-10T03:49:00.000-07:002007-02-10T03:49:00.000-07:00I wasn't ble to reproduce your problem (you don't ...I wasn't ble to reproduce your problem (you don't give the bibliographystyle) but I get the expected (?) result with<BR/><BR/>author = {First Last and First M. {Last, III}},<BR/><BR/>and \bibliographystyle{alpha}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com