All right, I figured out where I needed to make this change for it to take effect. The relevant script is publ-aut.lua. The code I needed to change was for the "oneauthor" function definition, which itself is located in the "btxauthor" function definition. My changes are detailed below:
``` local function oneauthor(i,last,justone) local author = split[i] if index then ctx_btxstartauthor(i,1,0) elseif last then ctx_btxstartauthor(i,1,0) ctx_btxsetconcat(0) if combiner == "invertedfirst" then if i == 1 then ctx_btxsetauthorvariant("inverted") else ctx_btxsetauthorvariant("normal") end else ctx_btxsetauthorvariant(combiner) end else local state = author.state or 0 ctx_btxstartauthor(i,max,state) ctx_btxsetconcat(concatstate(i,max)) if combiner == "invertedfirst" then if i == 1 then ctx_btxsetauthorvariant("inverted") else ctx_btxsetauthorvariant("normal") end else ctx_btxsetauthorvariant(combiner) end end local initials = author.initials if initials and #initials > 0 then ctx_btxsetinitials() -- (concat(the_initials(initials,symbol)," ")) end local firstnames = author.firstnames if firstnames and #firstnames > 0 then ctx_btxsetfirstnames() -- (concat(firstnames," ")) end local vons = author.vons if vons and #vons > 0 then ctx_btxsetvons() -- (concat(vons," ")) end local surnames = author.surnames if surnames and #surnames > 0 then ctx_btxsetsurnames() -- (concat(surnames," ")) end local juniors = author.juniors if juniors and #juniors > 0 then ctx_btxsetjuniors() -- (concat(juniors," ")) end if not index and i == max then if split.others then ctx_btxsetoverflow(1) else local overflow = #split - max if overflow > 0 then ctx_btxsetoverflow(overflow) end end end if combiner == "invertedfirst" then if i == 1 then ctx_btxsetup("inverted") else ctx_btxsetup("normal") end else ctx_btxsetup(combiner) end ctx_btxstopauthor() end ``` I'll admit that the addition of entire if-else blocks around whether or not the combiner is a specific value may not be the best practice in terms of future maintenance (especially if similar index-dependent authorconversions are needed in the future). Alternatively, the "btxauthor" function could populate a "combiners" array of length "max" with a specific authorconversion for each author in the split; for most authorconversions, all entries in this array would be the same, but for authorconversions like "invertedfirst", the first entry would be different from the rest. Then, the "oneauthor" function could just reference combiners[i] instead of combiner. Joey On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 10:48 PM Joey McCollum <jmccollum20140...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I mentioned this in an earlier e-mail but thought that now might be a good > time to describe this issue in detail. I'd like to define a new > authorconversion that renders the first author in a list differently than > the remaining authors in the list. Specifically, I'd like to use the > "inverted" authorconversion for the first author and the "normal" > authorconversion for the rest. > > In the newer bibl-bib.lua file, I can see what I might have to modify to > accomplish this (I added the if combiner == "invertedfirst" block): > > ``` > function authors.concat(author,combiner,what,settings) > if type(combiner) == "string" then > combiner = authors[combiner or "normal"] or authors.normal > end > local split = splitauthors(author) > local setting = settings[what] > local etallimit, etaldisplay, etaltext = 1000, 1000, "" > if setting then > etallimit = settings.etallimit or 1000 > etaldisplay = settings.etaldisplay or etallimit > etalltext = settings.etaltext or "" > end > local max = #split > if max > etallimit and etaldisplay < max then > max = etaldisplay > end > if combiner == "invertedfirst" then > for i=1,max do > if i == 1 then > split[i] = authors.inverted(split[i],settings) > else > split[i] = authors.normal(split[i],settings) > end > > end > else > for i=1,max do > split[i] = combiner(split[i],settings) > end > end > local result = bibtexconcat(split,settings) > if max < #split then > return result > else > return result .. etaltext > end > end > ``` > > Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to do anything. It's not clear to me > how bibl-bib.lua and bibl-bib.mkiv are being used by the other publication > support modules, if they're being used at all (publ-ini.mkiv doesn't appear > to register it, anyway). Is there another file I'd have to change to make > "invertedfirst" a working authorconversion? Is there a similar block of > code in publ-ini.lua where I should be implementing this change instead? > > Thanks! > > Joey >
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