Re: Why are back-to-back \autocite commands not working in ConTeXt-SBL?

[Joey McCollum via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

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Joel,

Thanks for mentioning this! I think I've run into the same issue before,
but I wasn't sure how I should go about fixing it, so this might be a good
place to get suggestions from others.

The \autocite, \inlinecite, \parencite, and \footcite helper commands are
intended to handle trailing punctuation intelligently (in order to do
things like move punctuation after a footnote citation before the footnote
marker), so they treat the next character after the command as a "hidden"
parameter. This works as expected if the next character is a punctuation
character or something like a \blank command, but if it's something like a
\section command (or another \autocite command, as you've discovered), then
this causes problems.

That said, I think you should be able to get your ConTeXt to compile if you
follow your \autocite command with punctuation or some form of whitespace
(which is why a double newline works, as you've discovered, while a single
newline does not).

I'd like to keep the intelligent trailing punctuation adjustment feature if
possible, but this problem definitely needs to be fixed. If anyone has any
suggestions, I welcome them! My hope is that this can be resolved with a
simple check.

Joey

On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 9:37 AM Joel via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
wrote:

> I am using the ConTeXt-SBL module to handle the citations in my article.
> Using the plain \cite[na2006] command has worked fine.
>
> But there are some situations where I want the footnote to include page
> number details. I tried using \cite[extra=2][na2006], but that doesn't seem
> compatible with ConTeXt-SBL. I checked the documentation, and if I
> understand correctly, I should use the autocite command to add page numbers
> to my citation? Like this:
>
>     \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{na2006}
>
> This solution works in 95% of cases, but when I need to cite another book
> immediately after that, it throws up errors:
>
>
> This won't compile:
>
>     \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{na2006}
>     \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{clark1989}
>
> This won't compile:
>
>     \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{na2006}%
> %
>    \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{clark1989}
>
> This also won't compile:
>
>     \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{na2006}\autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{clark1989}
>
> After much trial and error, I found this will compile:
>
>     \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{na2006}
>
>     \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{clark1989}
>
> The problem with this last example, is if my citations appear within the
> paragraph, then I end up with a paragraph break in the wrong place!
>
> Here is my minimum working example, which won't compile unless I add a
> blank line between the two citations.
>
> \usemodule[publ-imp-sbl]
> \startbuffer [bib]
>
> @Article{na2006,
> title={Volcanoes \word{of} New Mexico},
> year={2006},
> journal={New Mexico Earth Matters},
> publisher={New Mexico Bureau \word{of} Geology \word{and} Mineral
> Resources},
> volume={6},
> number={1},
> location={Socorro, New Mexico}
> }
>
> @Book{clark1989,
> author = {Clark, William},
> title = {Railroads \word{and} railroad towns \word{in} New Mexico},
> publisher = {New Mexico Magazine},
> year = {1989},
> address = {Albuquerque, New Mexico},
> isbn = {9780937206126}
> }
>
> \stopbuffer
>
> \usebtxdataset[bib.buffer]
>
> \setupbtx[dataset=default]
> \usebtxdefinitions[sbl]
> \setupbtx[sbl]
>
> \starttext
>
>     \autocite[{\loc[2]}][]{na2006}
>     \autocite[{\loc[3]}][]{clark1989}
>
>
>     \startchapter[title=Bibliography]
>         \placelistofpublications
>     \stopchapter
>
> \stoptext
>
> Is the autocite command the wrong tool for what I need? How can I place
> citations right next to each other, but also include page number
> information with ConTeXt-SBL?
>
> --Joel
>
>
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