> I misinterpreted your question. Obviously.
My question wasn't clear. Obviously ;-)
> I can't help you with coding. If you grok tex, the sort routines for both
> the bibtex bst files and the latex sty files are editable.
I don't, but I gave it a go anyway. And guess what? It worked. Here's what
I did:
Make a copy of apalike.bst (or probably any other bibtex style file that
sorts by author). Edit the copy:
- In function "sort.format.names", replace the line
s num.names$ 'numnames :=
by
#1 'numnames :=
Now, the variable numnames contains always "1", and not the actual
number of author or editor names. This way, only the first author is
checked.
- Make sure that the function "bib.sort.order" sorts by label then year.
This reads as follows:
FUNCTION {bib.sort.order}
{ sort.label
" "
*
year field.or.null sortify
*
... some more stuff
I believe this is the default.
Now use the new style, and the bibliography is sorted by last name of
first auther, then year.
DISCLAIMER: I don't know anything about bibtex style files or tex. This
might by a _very_ bad hack, I wouldn't be able to tell. It seems to work
at first glance, but I haven't really tested it a lot yet.
> >> >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.
