I think this qualifies as a FAQ, and Daniel's answer is a good one. Daniel, I hope you don't mind that I added it to the FAQ page on the wiki:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bibdesk/index.php?title=FAQ#Underscores_in_URLs_are_not_showing_up_correctly_in_my_bibliography Everyone: please edit it if you like! All you need is a sourceforge ID to log in and edit the wiki. Thanks, -mike On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Daniel Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hallo Schubi, > > it is a bit difficult to say what exactly the problem is without an minimal > example (www.minimalbeispiel.de). > > The underscore is a special symbol for math in LaTeX, hence it wants to > enclose it in dollar signs, as in $x_A^2$. For bibtex, just loading the > hyperref package is not enough. > > What you could try is to put the url in a command like > \url{www.test.de/bla_58} - then hyperref kicks in and does its work. > > But I think you want to use a bibtex-entry like webpage, url, online or so. > > The bst-style you are using must be aware of the BibTeX-type "webpage" and > know what to do with "Lastchecked" or "Url". This is done by > http://purl.org/nxg/dist/urlbst > > It seems that natbib also supports by default URL and doi. > > And there is makebst, see > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/custom-bib.html > > Try to run latex - bibtex - latex on the example below. > > And before you invest time in traditional bibtex and how to add support for > urls, consider biblatex. > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html > > Can't give an example, still have to learn it myself. Please report back if > the example typesets with your system. > > Good luck - > > Daniel > > \documentclass[11pt]{article} > > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} > \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} > > \usepackage{hyperref} > > % This results in a small literature database > \begin{filecontents}{literature.bib} > @webpage{OlsonPunctuation, > Author = {Olson, Gary A.}, > Year = 1999, > Date-Added = {2005-10-24 13:05:52 +0200}, > Date-Modified = {2006-07-16 19:44:22 +0200}, > Lastchecked = {26.09.2005}, > Local-Url = {downloads/OlsonPunctuation.pdf}, > Title = {{Punctuation made simple}}, > Url = {http://lilt.ilstu.edu/golson/punctuation/intro.html}} > > @webpage{bla, > Author = {Olson, Gary A.}, > Year = 1999, > Date-Added = {2005-10-24 13:05:52 +0200}, > Date-Modified = {2006-07-16 19:44:22 +0200}, > Lastchecked = {26.09.2005}, > Title = {{bla}}, > Url = {http://bla.de/_zzz}} > > > @article{Melitz2003, > Author = {Melitz, Marc J.}, > Date-Added = {2007-04-21 12:40:47 +0200}, > Date-Modified = {2007-04-21 12:41:11 +0200}, > Doi = {10.1111/1468-0262.00467}, > Journal = {Econometrica}, > Number = {6}, > Pages = {1695-1725}, > Title = {The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and > Aggregate Industry Productivity}, > Volume = {71}, > Year = {2003}} > \end{filecontents} > > %\usepackage{natbib}%activate if you are using plainnat below > > \providecommand{\doi}[1]{\href{http://dx.doi.org/#1}{http://dx.doi.org/#1}} > > \title{Brief Article} > \author{The Author} > > > \begin{document} > \maketitle > > > Hallo - ich bin ein Test und zitiere \cite{OlsonPunctuation}. And there is > also the doi-system, see \cite{Melitz2003}. Another test: \cite{bla}. > > > %from the urlbst-package > \bibliographystyle{abbrvurl} > > %natbib seems to support both url and doi > %\bibliographystyle{plainnat} > > \bibliography{literature} > > > > > \end{document} > > > > Am 16.09.2009 um 12:37 schrieb schubi: > >> Hi everybody >> >> I hope you can help me, i have a problem with underscore in URLs. >> >> I tried several tips from google, but they didn't worked for me... >> >> I am using BibDesk on Mac OS X Leopard together with TexShop. >> >> The Package hyperref is included in my Latex Document. >> >> As attachment, i send a screenshot of the texshop log. >> >> Thanks :) >> >> greets schubi >> <Screenshot 9.jpg><ATT00001..txt><ATT00002..txt> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
