Re: Re: Re: Re: Footcite formatting

Charles de Miramon wrote:
> Peter Flynn wrote:
> 
>> A tool would be good. I was hoping something like this might emerge out
>> of the BiblioX stuff I did a couple of years ago. Maybe I'll find time
>> to get back on it.
>>
> I think it is also the way to go. What would make jurabib more easy to use
> for computer-challenged historians is a collection of bst files for the
> important learned journals (Annales, Past and Present, etc.)
> 
> I don't have much time free during the following months but I could try to
> set up a Wiki at my institution http://www.ehess.fr to maybe collaborate on
> some kind of documentation aimed at historians. If there is enough
> interest.

I think that would be very useful.

> I think the solution is to say "Do you want Past and Present citation style
> or Oxford Style or American Historical Journal...". If you start by asking
> "Do you want author in small capitals," you are on for endless tweaking.

I agree, but I get a succession of postgraduates coming into my office
for LaTeX help because they've been told by their supervisor to do the
refs a particular way, and I don't have sufficient clout to tell them
they're wrong.

///Peter


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