Thanks, that's great.

On May 11, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Boris Blankleider wrote:

>> Also, could you point me to a style guide that recommends that type
>> of citation?  .
>
> See The Physical Review Style and Notation Guide, Table I:
>
> http://authors.aps.org/STYLE/ms.html#tab
>
> and specifically "How to" instructions (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and  
> (g).
>
>
> On 11/05/2007, at 10:31 PM, James Howison wrote:
>
>> Regardless of the taste etc.  How would you represent this in latex?
>>
>> ie \cite{citekey1,citekey2} is processed as two separate citations,
>> leading to two separate bibitems.  I suppose you could tweak the
>> bibtex engine (and create a style file without a title), but you'd
>> need to come up with an 'in-text' representation that distinguished
>> between [1],[2] and [1] --> two articles.
>>
>> maybe there is something like \citemerge{citekey1,citekey2} in one of
>> the alternative citation packages like biblatex, jurabib (doubt it).
>> Certainly there isn't in natbib.
>>
>> Hell I dislike citation styles that abbreviate people's first names,
>> so I needn't say anything further on the wisdom of this (don't you
>> like to know how many articles backup a point?  Whoops, couldn't help
>> myself!).
>>
>> Anyway the physics community always seems pretty resourceful, so I'm
>> sure there's a solution, and we'd love to hear about it if you find
>> it.
>>
>> Also, could you point me to a style guide that recommends that type
>> of citation?  I'd like to forward it to the OpenOffice biblio group
>> for their requirements.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
>>
>> On May 11, 2007, at 5:16 AM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>>
>>> Ocassionally I read a paper in physics, and usually I also browse
>>> through the references to find interesting articles for further
>>> reading which is of course meaningless, if no titles are given.
>>>
>>> Claus
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11.05.2007, at 09:42, Boris Blankleider wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gosh! The difference between the styles of references  used in
>>>> mathematics and physics
>>>> seems to reflect the very difference between  mathematics and
>>>> physics:
>>>>
>>>> Mathematics: dictated by Logic and Taste
>>>> Physics: dictated by Pragmatism and Efficiency
>>>>
>>>> Agree with it or not, the reality is that most physics journals do
>>>> not allow the titles of articles
>>>> to be included in the reference, and encourage closely related
>>>> references to be gathered
>>>> into a single citation item.
>>>>
>>>> Surely BibTex/BibDesk isn't just for mathematicians?
>>>>
>>>> On 11/05/2007, at 4:09 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I hate these kinds of references which seem to be very popular
>>>>> among
>>>>> physicists - fortunately, I never noticed one in a mathematical
>>>>> paper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Logic and taste should dictate
>>>>>
>>>>> - only one item per reference key (in this case [1])
>>>>> - a reference should always contain the title of a paper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Claus
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 11, 2007, at 3:11, Boris Blankleider wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I generate an output like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] F. Smith, Phys. Rev. A 21, 333 (1991);  A. Johnson, Phys.
>>>>>> Rev. B
>>>>>> 22, 444 (1992).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is, one bib item with multiple references?
>>>>>>
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