On 01/08/11 17:29, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote:
> On 30/07/11 19:09, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 30, 2011, at 18:06, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote:
>>
>>> On 30/07/11 16:59, Jonas Zimmermann wrote:
>>>> Without having thought through it, maybe there's something you could do
>>>> with global macro files (Preferences->Fields)?
>>>>
>>>> Jonas
>>>>
>>>> On 30 Jul 2011, at 21:18, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote:
>>>>> I would like to know whether it is currently possible to make an rtf
>>>>> template where journal names in citations are shown abbreviated AND
>>>>> punctuated in a way similar to what can be done with authors initials.
>>>>> Example:
>>>>>
>>>>> J Biol Chem -> J. Biol. Chem.
>>>>>
>>>>> I understand the difficulty of deciding when a word in the journal name
>>>>> is complete (and needs not a dot) or not, but I would prefer too many
>>>>> rather than too litle periods :-) A better solution would be a way to
>>>>> provide a table with equivalences such as in the example before the
>>>>> template is invoked. But I have no idea how to do that (if possible).
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Your answer looks promising, but after a first look to the manual I
>>> can't see how I could apply those macros to a template rtf file
>>> (ultimately, this is to be used in conjunction with Colin Smith's
>>> BibFuse). My guess is that I can't...
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Miguel
>>
>> It is not possible to relate a set of macro definitions to a particular
>> template. However, as Jonas indicates, you can change the macros by changing
>> the global macro file. So you could have two (or more) macro files somewhere
>> with different definitions for the journal macros. And then you can use
>> either one or the other of these files in the prefs. As long as one file is
>> selected, the expansion would be according to that file, and as long as
>> another is selected, that one will determine the expansions.
>>
>> Of course this assumes that you use macros in the Journal field.
>> Alternatively you can also change the macros for the .bib file using the
>> macros window (Database > Macros).
>>
>> You can easily change the macros by dropping a file containing macro
>> definitions on the macros window. But in that case these changes will also
>> affect the saved data.
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>>
>
> Hi Christiaan,
>
> Thank you for your advice. It's clear I have to read more in the manual
> about the use of macros, then I will try to apply what you and Jonas
> were suggesting.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
Hi again,
I have now understood (or so I believe) how macros work. The problem is
that they're not very useful given my workflow: I add 99% of the entries
to my bib file from PubMed, which brings short (but unpunctuated) and
long journal names (in different fields, of course). The problem is:
macros do not appear to allow spaces in the macro variable so,
@String{jfoo = "J.~Foo"}
is correct, but
@String{"J Foo" = "J.~Foo"}
which would correspond better to what I get when importing refs from
PubMed, seems forbidden.
Perhaps a script-hook applied to imported refs could help? I will
explore that. If I get something useful I will post it here.
Thank you again for your advice.
--
Miguel
Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (UMR6098)
CNRS, Universités d'Aix-Marseille I & II
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Tel: +33(0) 491 82 55 93
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