Bib bug in using months

Bib bug in using months

[Aditya Mahajan]

Hi Taco,
  In my bib file, I have month enteries like


month=jan,

month=feb,

and so on. While I was learning latex, I read somewhere that this is 
better than writing explicit names for the month as the bst file can 
then choose whether to use long names or short names. It is also 
possible to choose the month names according to the language of the 
main document. I followed that advice and now I have HUGE bib file 
with such enteries.

However, the bib module does not support this naming scheme. I get

\month{1}
\month{2}

etc in my bbl file. Can this be corrected?

This is not urgent at all, as I can correct everything in my editor, 
changing \month{1} to \month{Jan.} or \month{January} depending on 
what citation style I want. It will be nice if the context bst style 
did this by default.

Aditya

-- 
Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

Re: Bib bug in using months

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi Aditya,


Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> However, the bib module does not support this naming scheme. I get
> 
> \month{1}
> \month{2}
> 
> etc in my bbl file. Can this be corrected?

Sure, it is just an oversight. For this to work, only a redefinition
of \insertmonth is needed (I had intented that all along, just
forgot to implement it), For now, just add this somewhere after
the loading of the bib module.

   \unprotect
   \def\insertmonth#1#2#3%
     {\bibdoifelse{\@@pb@month}%
        {#1\doifnumberelse{\@@pb@month}%
           {\@EA\doconvertmonth\@EA{\@@pb@month}}%
           {\@@pb@month}#2}{#3}}
   \protect

That will give you the full month name according to the current
language labeltext for the month names. Not perfect yet, but better.

I'll ask Hans to provide true \numberconversions for month names in
short and long format, so I can extend the module officially.

Cheers, Taco

Re: Bib bug in using months

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Mon, 8 May 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

>
> Hi Aditya,
>
>
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> However, the bib module does not support this naming scheme. I get
>>
>> \month{1}
>> \month{2}
>>
>> etc in my bbl file. Can this be corrected?
>
> Sure, it is just an oversight. For this to work, only a redefinition
> of \insertmonth is needed (I had intented that all along, just
> forgot to implement it), For now, just add this somewhere after
> the loading of the bib module.
>
>   \unprotect
>   \def\insertmonth#1#2#3%
>     {\bibdoifelse{\@@pb@month}%
>        {#1\doifnumberelse{\@@pb@month}%
>           {\@EA\doconvertmonth\@EA{\@@pb@month}}%
>           {\@@pb@month}#2}{#3}}
>   \protect
>
> That will give you the full month name according to the current
> language labeltext for the month names. Not perfect yet, but better.

Thanks. For my present project I need short month names, and the 
deadline is tomorrow. So, I will stick to the manual solution at the 
moment.


> I'll ask Hans to provide true \numberconversions for month names in
> short and long format, so I can extend the module officially.

That will be great.

Aditya


-- 
Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

Re: Bib bug in using months

[Taco Hoekwater]

Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks. For my present project I need short month names, and the 
> deadline is tomorrow. So, I will stick to the manual solution at the 
> moment.

There should be no need for manual fixes, just do this:

   \unprotect
   \def\insertmonth#1#2#3%
    {\bibdoifelse{\@@pb@month}%
       {#1\doifnumberelse{\@@pb@month}%
           {\@EA\doconvertshortmonth\@EA{\@@pb@month}}%
           {\@@pb@month}#2}{#3}}
   \protect
   \def\doconvertshortmonth#1%
     {\ifcase#1\or % adjust names as you like
      jan\or feb\or mar\or apr\or may\or jun\or
      jul\or aug\or sep\or oct\or nov\or dec\else !!!\fi }

Cheers, Taco

Re: Bib bug in using months

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Tue, 9 May 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks. For my present project I need short month names, and the
>> deadline is tomorrow. So, I will stick to the manual solution at the
>> moment.
>
> There should be no need for manual fixes, just do this:
>
>   \unprotect
>   \def\insertmonth#1#2#3%
>    {\bibdoifelse{\@@pb@month}%
>       {#1\doifnumberelse{\@@pb@month}%
>           {\@EA\doconvertshortmonth\@EA{\@@pb@month}}%
>           {\@@pb@month}#2}{#3}}
>   \protect
>   \def\doconvertshortmonth#1%
>     {\ifcase#1\or % adjust names as you like
>      jan\or feb\or mar\or apr\or may\or jun\or
>      jul\or aug\or sep\or oct\or nov\or dec\else !!!\fi }


Thanks,

\def\doconvertshortmonth#1%
   {\ifcase#1\or % adjust names as you like
    Jan.\or Feb.\or Mar.\or Apr.\or May\or June\or
    July\or Aug.\or Sep.\or Oct.\or Nov.\or Dec.\else !!!\fi }

gives me exactly what I want.


Aditya

-- 
Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008