On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:43, Niels Kobschätzki wrote: > >> On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:13, Gilberto wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> In Spanish, "and" translates as "y", but when preceding a word beginning >>>> with "I", it's "e". >>>> Does anyone know if there's a way to make BibTeX to automatically use the >>>> right one? >>>> >>>> Freeman and Zavala (1992) would be >>>> Freeman y Zavala (1992) >>>> But >>>> Freeman and Insulsa (1993) should be >>>> Freeman e Insulsa (1993) >>>> >>>> Until now, I've been solving the problem by editing the .bbl file manually >>>> (using Aquamacs, instead of BibDesk) >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Gilberto Conde >>> >>> No, bibtex always uses "and," it's part of the syntax. Any other word will >>> be interpreted as part of a name. BibDesk therefore also follows this rule. >> >> Well, the used bst could be modified in a way that the "AND" gets translated >> to an "e" or an "y". There must be implemented some check if a vowel or a >> consonant follows. That should be possible. >> But it's some work and the language that is used in bst-files is quite ugly >> (and stack-based *brrr*). Been there, it's no fun at all… >> >> Niels > > No, this is absolutely incorrect. The bst determines how the bibtex is > converted to TeX. However, as I said, the "and" is part of the bibtex syntax. > It's totally independent on the bst, splitting the name by interpreting the > "and" is part of the internals of bibtex.
Exactly -- he wants the "and" converted to an "e" or a "y" depending on the fact if there's a vowel or a consonant as next letter and he wants that BibTeX converts the "and". This can be done via the bst He doesn't want to use "e" or "y" instead of "and" if I understand him correctly. He just wants a conversion "and" -> "e" or "y" Niels ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
