On Jul 6, 2007, at 12:05, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

>
> On 6 Jul 2007, at 8:51 PM, Jason Davies wrote:
>
>>>> .  In this case, you have to use "von Last, Jr., First Middle", I
>>> think, so "Phillips, III, C. R." should give you correct results.
>>
>> when I had finally worked out how to follow these difficult
>> instructions, it works as hoped.
>>
>> damn, the syntax is almost like Applescript. Impossible to
>> guess, embarrassingly easy when you see it.
>>
>> many thanks.

No problem.

> Why? It is quite standard name formatting. And moreover it's
> unavoidable to use such a format in general, because it has to
> uniquely define the components of the name, which First Middle von
> Last Jr definitely does not.

It's certainly unavoidable, but I always have to look at the comment  
in BibAuthor.m for the correct order, since I only add a name with a  
von or Jr part about once a year.  It's easier for me to add names as  
First Middle Last, so that's what I use in general.

-- 
Adam


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