Re: Wiki Page on jurabibMLA

Hi Katrin,
I'm attaching my .bst file for you (though I don't imagine it'll be
all that handy, with its Natbib-dependencies) in a separate email as I
don't know how to do attachments on here.  I have to stress, too, that
it extends as far as my bibliography at the time needed (meaning it
might have insufficiencies with things like scholarly editions and
other things I don't deal with as much).  It is limited, but the
output is a satisfying MLA-style (more so than other Natbib BSTs, anyway).

(On that note, maybe you can help me "stress test" my .bst?  If you
can send me a test case of your bibtex file, I can tweak my .bst to
show things more thoroughly MLA-ish; in the end, both Natbib and
Jurabib could benefit, though I imagine I'm personally going
full-steam Jurabib from now on... especially after all your work!)

As for the wiki, you might take a look at qwiki:
http://qwiki.caltech.edu/wiki/Converting_LaTex_To_Wiki
It seems you can make a document in Latex and then convert, not having
to learn any new formatting styles.  I've not tried it out.

Finally, as for Bibtex itself, how have you extended it to include
some of the standard needs (different translator and editor, series
editor, etc.)?  Just wondering the best way to be formatting my Bibtex
file to plug it into your .bst.  (I'm mere weeks away from submitting
my PhD, and it's good to know I can use MLA instead of having to shift
to Chicago, Oxford, or MHRA at the last minute!)

Thanks for all your help,
James


--- In [email protected], "Katrin Althans" <1stLuebbi@...> wrote:
>
> 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



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