Jürgen Spitzmüller <spitz <at> lyx.org> writes: > Note, though, that BibTeX (or Biblatex) can only parse the name properly without any braces, and if it given in one of the following three forms:"First von Last" > "von Last, First""von Last, Jr, First"
Jürgen, By "parse properly", do you mean that the use of braces may override the design of the .bst file, or is there more to it (such as creating problems with spacing)? My usage patterns in the past may have been somewhat atypical. I would write for journals that do not have a .bst file (and may not accept LaTeX submissions), so I would use a "convenience" .bst file (such as plainnat) and override the formatting of name prefixes using braces. I found a somewhat helpful PDF file at https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb27-2/tb87hufflen.pdf; at least it clarifies "von" v. "Von". I'm not entirely sure if there is a definitive proper choice between "von Kleist, Heinrich" and "Kleist, Heinrich von", although I personally prefer the former. Paul
