Isn't this dependent on the software you use to manage the .bib files? The printing style has nothing to do with the ordering of the underlying .bib file.
emacs sorts by keys. Maybe it will sort other ways, but I'm happy doing it this way (because I pick keys so the file is sorted to my liking). Check on bibtool, the tcl/tk (tkbib?) tool and any others I'm not aware of. Bibtool is the most powerful I've looked at. google has a page with tool links you might start from: http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Typesetting/TeX/BibTeX/ On Fri, 24 May 2002, Jan Warnking wrote: > >In the archives, i've seen quite a few questions concerning sorting of >bibliography, but I havn't found an answer to this one: > >When sorting by author, references are sorted by the last name of the >first auther, then last name of second author and so on. >I would like to sort by last name of first auther, then year of >publication. Is this possible? > >I'm using natbib and apalike style. But plainnat produces the same >results. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Jan > -- Mark Hansel PO Box 41 Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN 56563 ph: 218-236-2039 fax: 218-236-2593 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwwcj.mnstate.edu
