On 12 Oct 2007, at 5:17 PM, James Howison wrote:
>
> On Oct 11, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
>>
>> On 11 Oct 2007, at 5:15 PM, James Howison wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to get a template to do this (for MultiMarkDown and
>>> Natbib), with the following two entries:
>>>
>>> einstein50somegreat: Albert Einstein, Some Other, Some Other and
>>> Still More (1950) Some Great Tract. Journal of Examples (10)
>>> 1:100-205
>>>
>>> robinson83somewhine: Arthur Robinson and Dorothy Snarl (1983) Some
>>> Whiney Tract. Journal of Examples (56)1:100-205
>>>
>>> converted to:
>>>
>>> [Einstein et al (1950), Robinson and Snarl (1983)]
>>> [#einstein50somegreat, robinson83somewhine]
>>>
>>> and the closely related (for option-drag that MMD will convert to ~
>>> \citep{})
>>>
>>> [(Einstein et al 1950, Robinson and Snarl 1983)]
>>> [#einstein50somegreat, robinson83somewhine]
>>>
>>> So here's my current attempts without et al shortening (the citekey
>>> part works):
>>>
>>> [<$publications>
>>> <
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> /
>>>> (<$fields.Year/>)</$publications>][#<
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]/>]
>>>
>>> which gives me:
>>>
>>> [Einstein, Other, Other and More (1950)Robinson and Snarl (1983)]
>>> [#einstein50somegreat, robinson83somewhine]
>>>
>>> so I guess I'm asking, how do I get the separate entries
>>> separated by
>>> a comma and a space?
>>>
>>
>> Use the <?$publications> alternate tag to insert a separator,
>> following this syntax
>>
>> <$publications>item template<?$publications>separator</$publications>
>>
>>
>>> Secondly, I don't think I see a built-in way to do "et al"
>>> shortening
>>> in the templates, is that right? Do I need to use a conditional for
>>> when the length of authors is great than 2? Can someone do/point me
>>> to an example of using a conditional?
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> James
>>
>> I've just added it yesterday, so if you use the current nightly you
>> can use the following keys:
>>
>> @componentsWithEtAlAfterOne
>> "A" or "A et al."
>>
>> @componentsJoinedByAndWithEtAlAfterOne
>> "A" or "A and B" or "A et al."
>>
>> @componentsJoinedByAndWithEtAlAfterTwo
>> "A" or "A and B" or "A, B, et al."
>>
>> @componentsJoinedByCommaAndAndWithEtAlAfterThree
>> "A" or "A and B" or "A, B, and C" or "A, B, C, et al."
>>
>> You can also use condition tags for that, something like:
>>
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<4?>
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]/>
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><$name/>, </[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
>>> et al.
>> </[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Thanks, those are great. It's looking good now. I don't suppose
> there is someway to do 'reduction' so that:
>
> Specific Author (2006), Specific Author (2007) would become "Specific
> Author (2006, 2007)"
>
> I realize that's getting a fairly long way into in-text citations,
> which is probably outside the scope of templates.
>
That's certainly too far a styretch. Templating is supposed to be
generic, and this is a pretty specific parsing.
> Also, somewhat strangely I have a template set for Option-Drag but it
> doesn't seem to 'take'. ie I always get html. Is there a
> conflicting setting for option-drag somewhere?
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
That's a bug. I've fixed it in svn. You may want to reset the pref
with the next build.
Christiaan
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