Re: empty ibidem, idem

JC wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using an MLA style for my dissertation and have been slowly
> tweaking the way jurabib displays things.  My bibliography has a long
> way to go yet, but I'm currently worried about the parenthetical
> citations in the text.
> 
> MLA doesn't use "ibid," "ibidem," or "idem," as such; instead, it just
> doesn't repeat the author/shorttitle if there are consecutive
> references to one author/text.  A parenthetical citation to a
> just-cited text, then, would have only the page number in it, like
> this: (19).
> 
> Defining idemname and ibidemname as null sets works to a degree, but
> there's still a leftover space, like this: ( 19).  Is there an obvious
> switch I'm forgetting to switch?  I've looked throughout the
> jurabib.sty and jurabib.bst files (I've modified mine a little to make
> my MLA-style more accurate), but I can't see anything I can try.

This is not impossible, but what should happen if there are two subsequent
citations with the same page? The parenthetical citation is empty for now!


Jens
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