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From: Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>
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Subject: Re: More on XML and citations
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:55:34 +0200
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Johannes Graumann wrote:
> Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
> 
>>however, best is not to mix tex this way with xml
> 
> Hmmmm ... will heed that advice then ... as a remedy: Taco, how would I
> define a new 'cite' alternative along the lines
> of 'authoryear'/'authoryears' that would result in 'Author et. al., 2004'?

Easiest is by using a special macro breaking it up in two bits, like so:

   \def\mycite#1{\cite[author][#1], \cite[year][#1]}

there is a way to create 'official' alternatives, but it is quite a
bit more cumbersome.

Cheers, taco