Wiki Page on jurabibMLA

Hi to all (after quite some time, sorry...)!

I had a look at the page you wanted me to fill, Charles, but I'm just
not sure how to do it. At the moment, I have a working .bst-file,
which needs a lot of defining in the actual .tex-file, but it works
the way I want it to work. Unfortunately, I had to modify the
jurabib.sty. I added a new type, film, and in order to get proper
citations in both the footnotes and the bibliography, I added it to
the lists after \citefullfirstfortype and lookatfortype; @Jens: I hope
that's ok for you?

Anyway, I have a fully functional mla6.bst and a .tex-file containing
all the necessary definitions/modifications (fonts, full stops, colons
etc.) together with a few really good webpages on how to cite using
the MLA-format. I'm more than happy to share that with you, but, as I
said, I don't know how to fill that page. Is it just typing and hoping
it looks good? Or do I have to use any special commands or anything?

BTW, my mla6.bst is a "work in progress", I've taken to modifying it
whenever I'm not happy with anything and need something else. If
anybody wants to have a look at it first, I could send it to you, as
it is too long to include here.

@James: Maybe we could send our files to each other, even though I
don't have a clue of natbib, and have a look at the other one's .bst?

Ok, that's it for now, cheers, Katrin


--- In [email protected], "JC" <j.m.clawson@...> wrote:
>
> This is an email I accidentally sent to Katrin three weeks ago (though
> she was traveling at the time), intending to send it to this thread. 
> My offer still stands to help with the wiki and to offer up my
> Natbib-dependent mla.bst file (for what good that would do), as I'd
> very much like to use jurabib with full support of MLA.  My own
> Jurabib skills are (only) a little better than they were then.  Still,
> let me know if I can be of any help.
> 
> Thanks,
> James
> 
> Hi all,
> I'm really keen on using Jurabib, and I'm really keen on helping to
> get MLA working properly in any way I can.  I'm new to Latex, and
> before discovering Jurabib this past weekend, I slaved away on an MLA
> bst file dependent upon Natbib (based upon makebst, but needing
> further tweaks), trying to bend it to my nefarious ends.  Even so,
> Natbib's support for MLA-style parenthetical citations is pathetic at
> best.  If only I'd spent the time on customizing Jurabib!  The quick
> test drive I took was exactly all I never thought to hope for.
> 
> Anyway, if you want anyone to help with the wiki, setting out usage
> guidelines and the like, I can help out.  (As far as knowing what
> customizations one should make to Jurabib files, I am at square one.)
>  Additionally, I can share my Natbib-dependent bst file if
> that would be any help, keeping in mind it's for the Bibliography
> (Works Cited) alone, and doesn't try to define the parenthetical
> stuff. --Incidentally, is there the equivalent of makebst for Jurabib?
>  I can't imagine it would be as simple as it would for Natbib, since
> it seems the citational style is (fortunately) somewhat influenced by
> the bibliographic.
> 
> No longer a lurker, I'm publicly watching this thread, hoping it goes
> somewhere and willing to help it get there.  Thanks to the developers
> for the excellent tools, and to Katrin for taking the initiative!
> -James
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Katrin Althans" <1stLuebbi@> wrote:
> >
> > > Please could you create and fill a wiki page on 
> > > 
> > > http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Jurabib
> > > 
> > > about the MLA style with a description of the style and what
> > > customization you have done to LyX to make it work and what is not 
> > > working.
> > 
> > I will do that, but I only have a somewhat restricted access to the
> > net for the next few weeks (take my late reply as evidence...). After
> > that, that's no problem.
> > 
> > Cheers, Katrin
> >
>




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