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[Bibulus-dev] Re: LaTeX-Bibulus interface, a prposal
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Martin Lüthi |
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[Bibulus-dev] Re: LaTeX-Bibulus interface, a prposal |
Date: |
02 Jul 2003 08:02:09 -0800 |
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Hi
address@hidden (Palle Jørgensen) writes:
> \cite[language = <language>,
> type = <citation type>,
> bibliography = <bibliography in the document>,
> ]{key(s)}
>
> 'language' is the language of tyhe citation. By default this is set to
> be the language at the current point in the text, set with
> the \selectlanguage command.
>
> 'type' could be text, number, author-number, author-year etc.
>
> 'bibliography' if one wants to use several bibliographies in the same
> document.
>
>
> The reason for this interface is that it is intuitive and easy to
> extend.
Looks logical and very usable. I also like the bibliography switch.
> 'Old' commands of the natbib package and others, is to be iomplementet
> as citet -> \cite[type=text].
>
> The questions are:
>
> o Is this the best interface?
>
> o Wich keys are needed?
>
> I have som suggestions (besides those mentioned above):
>
> - 'optional' for optional text
>
> - 'label' for internal LaTeX references
>
>
> Of course it must be possible to set these parameters globally as
> defaults. (Mostly the type key and the bibliography, the 'label' would
> be silly to set globally...) With these defaults the interface is the
> old \cite command.
To me this looks very good, go for it! An thanks for the good work.
Martin
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