Martin A. Hansen wrote:
> now, the medline2bibtex convertions is done by pybliographer which gives
> bibtex files with: author = {Smith, J.F.}
>
> it is possible that publiographer is wrong here - but i have not been
> able to locate a precise description of the bibtex file format.
It is. Bibtex knows three kinds of string separators: space, tilde and hyphen.
Anway, you have to tell it that "J." and "F." are two strings.
> so what are the correct format:
>
> 1) author = {Smith, J.F.}
> 2) author = {Smith, J. F.}
> 3) author = {Smith, J.\F.}
> 4) author = {Smith, J.~F.}
In the bibfile: probably only 2 and 4. In the output: J.\,F. (note the comma!)
> (what does \ and ~ mean, btw?)
\, is a nonbreakable "thin space", to be used inside abbreviations (e.\,g.).
~ is the LaTeX equivalent of LyX's nonbreakable (or protected) Space.
J�rgen
