Re: m-bib, \cite and no year?

[Christopher Creutzig <christopher@creutzig.de>]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> In authoryear styles, year entries are usually required, so I am going to 
> keep this as it is now. You can either use \cite[author] for this case, or 
> you could build your own \cite command, in a similar way to Tobias' answer:

  Sorry for bothering you that much.  I'm now using \cite[author], yet
there is one place I can't solve that way, which is cross references:

@Article{dominus04,
   author = 	 {Mark Jason Dominus},
   title = 	 {Slide Rule},
   journal = 	 {Wikipedia},
   year = 	 2004,
   crossref =     {Wikipedia},
   month = 	 May,
   note = 	 
{\gotoURL{http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Slide_rule&oldid=3849585}}
}

@Misc{Wikipedia,
   key =          {Wikipedia},
   title = 	 {Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia},
   howpublished = {\gotoURL{http://wikipedia.com}}
}

  Not that I plan to use really many wikipedia entries, but the problem
as such seems to exist.  (I am not sure about using @Article here, but
that's another topic.)

  As an aside, there is another problem: The
entry cross-referenced to does not appear – this seems to be a general
problem with cross-references.  I'm using \completepublications, but the
same happens with \placepublications.  (I haven't managed to get the
list sorted by author, either.)

  Another thing I stumbled upon:  Using \type{whatever} in a BibTeX entry
does not work: “whatever” is simply ignored.  (It is intact in the .bbl 
file, as in

\startpublication[k=Kulpa,t=misc,
a={Kulpa},y=2004,
n=40,s=Kul04]
\author[]{Zenon}[Z.]{}{Kulpa}
\pubyear{2004}
\month{6}
\pubname{{message \type{200406071815.UAA18036@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl} on the 
mailing
   list \type{reliable_computing@interval.louisiana.edu}}}
\stoppublication

where I'm using \type because of the _.)

  Finally, the entry

\startpublication[k=abramowitz,t=book,
a={Abramowitz and Stegun},y=1972,
n=30,s=AS72]
\editor[]{Milton}[M.]{}{Abramowitz}
\editor[]{Irene~A.}[I.~A.]{}{Stegun}
\pubyear{1972}
\title{{Handbook of Mathematical Functions}}
\pubname{Dover Publications}
\edition{ninth}
\stoppublication

is indented by about one interword space relative to the entries not
using \editor.  Which commands do the actual typesetting of the list 
entries?  I only got to \@@pbt and was lost ...

regards,
	Christopher Creutzig