Re: unusual names BibTeX doesn't like

Hello Jesse,

I recently tried successfully
author={{Thietmar of Merseburg}}
but I worked without authorformat=abbrv

Carsten

Am Montag, 12. Juli 2004 23:37 schrieb jdbillett:
> I have encountered an unexpected problem with one of my authors.
>
> I have the option authorformat=abbrv activated, and it's doing just
> what I want, with
> one notable exception:  I need to cite the Rule of St Benedict by
> Benedict of Nursia.
>
> The problem seems to be that BIBTeX recognizes the name "Benedict",
> and it is trying
> to give me "Nursia, B. of".  If I try to avoid breaking the name,
> e.g.
> "{Benedict~of~Nursia}", I just get errors.
>
> It doesn't do this with an even stranger name, "Amalarius of Metz",
> which has
> presented no problems as yet!
>
> Here's the entry for the book:
>
> @BOOK{benedict:regula,
> AUTHOR  = "{Benedict~of~Nursia}",
> SHORTAUTHOR  = "Benedict"
> TITLE           =       "Regula monasteriorum",
> TITLEADDON      =       "\edbyname~J. Neufville",
> SHORTTITLE      =       "RB",
> CROSSREF        =       "vogue:RB"}
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jesse Billett
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
>

-- 
Carsten Ziegert
http://www.cmziegert.org



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