From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4470 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2021 23:39:32 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Aug 2021 23:39:32 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D846D9CAA6; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:39:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAAB79CA66; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:39:02 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=dartmouth.edu header.i=@dartmouth.edu header.b="SBJbYLKS"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A059F9CA63; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:39:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f41.google.com (mail-wr1-f41.google.com [209.85.221.41]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D02319CA60 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:38:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f41.google.com with SMTP id d8so23264836wrm.4 for ; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:38:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=07f4G4PE43wvTnytLo5c42RcvBCyrMrSSf06V50aaGg=; b=SBJbYLKSu6PSr/riiv636tut20/nS/LulbJXsv4tpavcAYNEkznYax1+mvocLGH8aE MHbAnNh/t7VMOncuNs1lQW7G/gJ3itausFcMmwB92VsdUAHdEmfuMbxiiXQvBMeqNx+v ahYxviVD2612FAdb+lVcrpXAPginSgmhBSJjhj+2Qp1AUJ6HpguO5LaacR/amxteFrfM /VZbJLH/K6ZNltrcEr8ouWDKm9QNaK5ZheOIqAZF622ADjQNZEyxc6kuOUwTCXWdcjJ5 W3F2Vryngv2fCFEPG7WwMNGr2SXYpV6S498ZR9liLG8li84BAOUjbRFSzpoGWSs+8YaN eFnA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=07f4G4PE43wvTnytLo5c42RcvBCyrMrSSf06V50aaGg=; b=PuvcXD6ypP3xcljmd8yqr5q+iiPQGvbANlonWrb3e99QPOizfHy37Ll0vF0wPS4JbQ UJB/Id/hOE/L/m/c5mv1RMPRbQDpcKYXMq+4/eddo/X6nRKKHAnvkshSU0pTb6NqSCWM hJ9EwNcJbxXv0mP7hOFWtRsdoe6y6FDoZ6rCs8A27tNysviqofM76JQxTMse9UpdRgfy vrvbvRP5S5wCUdGL+PrhpUjrGLviXAKiJfiNZGDNKJOM/M9HXVpSaxi8jeqakcNBcv8i 7m19o9h1A5SjP1NrYGre6PNA0LNJHOlHbwo5xnwY7MooqO0rI91Hvu9wIxTHzQ4n9D+w v/fg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533c+MQSnYUUtbGB+CBUSOsvuqk7R66NtB1FzH8uVjkttzEys4ef UjIhOmyCzWpsHIYUPoUOZrWw4LTnhyatEuAWWGscZb2XJLM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxjMbrkllpSgheQq/RRS2b95k9XlbF4ps4hXlNpRTOd9eWCz9LvV/CGlZgQrbPbjwObirh1rRW3YK6669g72Bk= X-Received: by 2002:adf:fa11:: with SMTP id m17mr19956860wrr.150.1627947537749; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:38:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 19:38:42 -0400 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Why does refer(1) have no database field for "edition"?. X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Another issue I have run into is recursion, when a reference includes another reference. This comes up in various forms: Also published as ... Errata available at ... Summarized [or reviewed] in ... Preprint available at ... Often such a reference takes the form of a URL or a page in a journal or in a proceedings. This can be most succinctly placed in situ -- formatted consistently with other references. If the reference identifies an alternate mode of publication, it may lack %A or %T fields. Partial proposal. a %O field may contain a reference, with no further recursion, The contained reference will be formatted in line in the %O text unless references are accumulated and the contained reference is not unique. Doug