[vox-tech] Re: bibtex, scripting

[Jonathan Stickel]

This works great!  Sure enough, I already had custom-bib/makebst with 
tetex, but I didn't know about it.  Thanks for pointing me in the right 
direction!

Jonathan


Aaron A. King wrote:
> Check out the package "makebst".  It's part of the standard tetex TeX 
> distribution and can be found on CTAN:
> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/custom-bib.html?action=/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib/
> 
> You run latex on makebst.tex.  You are prompted with a series of questions.  
> The result is a custom .bst file.  I have used makebst for years to create 
> .bst files for use with various journals.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> | I'm writing a journal article using LaTeX.  Although latex use is
> | encouraged by the publisher, and they do provide a .sty file, their
> | latex support is actually pretty pitiful. :(
> |
> | I'm required to use an unusual and restrictive author-date reference
> | format that doesn't quite match any existing bibtex styles that I can
> | find, and the publisher does not provide a bibtex style file.  So, I'm
> | left to modify an existing style to meet my needs.  Does anyone know a
> | good reference for programming .bst files?
> |
> | One thing in particular is that the first and middle initials of the
> | author names are to be shown without periods.  One option I have is to
> | go through my .bib file and delete all these periods manually.  But I
> | was wondering if I could write a script to do this:  search for the
> | author fields and delete any periods (.) in those fields.  But I'm
> | really new to script files.  Any good references?  Would someone like to
> | propose a script that might work for me?  Any other suggestions?
>