Re: Re: jurabib/bibtex

jdbillett wrote:
> Dear Seb,
> 
> I'm engaged in a similar struggle, so maybe I can help:
> 
> 1.  I've found that pages=format is not really a great option for some
> humanities disciplines, simply because there are often other kinds of
> numberings to which we must refer (e.g. "column", "folio"). 
> Therefore, I've abandoned it altogether, and defined a couple of quick
> and easy commands:
> 
>      \newcommand{\p}[1]{p.~{#1}}
>      \newcommand{\pp}[1]{pp.~{#1}}

Perhaps easier on the user is to test for a range, eg

\usepackage{ifthen}
\def\testpp#1-#2\sentinel#3{\ifthenelse
   {\equal{#1}{#3}}{p.\thinspace#3}{pp.\thinspace#3}}
\newcommand{\p}[1]{\testpp#1-x\sentinel{#1}}
...
\p{12--24} or \p{1224}

> This may seem like a lot of extra effort, 

I prefer not to make the user have to specify something the machine can
work out for itself.

///Peter


 
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