On Jun 24, 2010, at 22:02, Jonathan Jackson wrote:
>
> Dear List,
>
> I'm new to BibDesk and looking to modify an existing template (the AMA
> template from CiteInPages) to match the Vancouver style as the two are very
> close. However I can't find a way to have a single full stop at the end of
> the author list when using et al.
>
> @componentsJoinedByCommaAndAmpersandWithEtAlAfterSix
>
>
> The template looks like this:
> <$authors.unpunctuatedabbreviatednormalizedname.stringbyremovingtex.stringbyremovingcurlybra...@componentsjoinedbycommaandampersandwithetalaftersix/>.
> <$fields.Title.string...
>
> For a single author the ouput is
> Author A. Title <etc>
>
> and for multiple authors
> Author A, <etc> Author F, et al.. Title <etc>
>
> The two full stops look odd and don't match the style
> http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html
>
> any thoughts appreciated,
> Jon
>
>
The only way I can think of is using condition tags, conditional on
autho...@count. You could enclose the period inside such a condition tag, i.e.
replace the period by <autho...@count<7?>.</autho...@count?>
Christiaan
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