Re: last-name only in bib

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
> Dear Taco,
> 
> I need a last-name only option for a few but not all authors, such that no 
> comma comes after the last name; rather it goes straight to the year e.g., it 
> appears in the actual bibliography as
> 
> ==============================================
> McDermott (1976). The Theology of Shaykh Mufid
> ==============================================
> 
> Right now I get (with spurious comma)
> 
> ==============================================
> McDermott, (1976). The Theology of Shaykh Mufid
> ==============================================
> 
> Sometime authors give me bib's where the first name of the author is 
> unknown...

This is bit of a blind gamble, but you can try this definition
instead of the default one:

   % #1 = firstname, #2 = von, #3 = surname, #4 = inits, #5 = junior
   \def\invertedshortauthor#1#2#3#4#5%
     {\bibdoif{#2}{#2 }%
      #3%
      \bibdoif{#5}{ #5}%
      \bibdoif{#4}{, #4\unskip}}%

Cheers, Taco


> Best
> Idris
> 
> ============================
> Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
> Department of Philosophy
> Colorado State University
> Fort Collins, CO 80523
> 
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