Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-06 Thread Csikos Bela 
Steve Burnham írta:
I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
incorrectly. As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
after the question mark. I need to remove this period but am I having 
difficulty doing so. I found this 
solutionhttp://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/181130/remove-question-mark-following-period-for-reference-title-in-pdf-using-vancouveI
 tried to implement it by adding the \killpunct after the question mark in my 
.bib file and then added \newcommand{\killpunct}[1]{} to my preamble. Upon 
compilation I get an error that there is a built in limit of 9 arguments. 
Searching around it seems like there are some fixes to overcome this 
limitation but nothing straightforward and all involve lots of programming in 
LaTeX, which I am not comfortable with. Is there any easy fix to remove the 
offending period?--Steve Burnham

Hello:

I guess the problem is the bst file. It should not add the dot after given 
characters as ? !.
Nevertheless I would check first the database file if the title has as ? or 
?.. If it's the latter correcting it might help.

If the database entry is correct you have two options.

1. Find or create a bst file which makes correct output. makebst (custom-bst ) 
generated bst files never does not have this issue (at least never had it for 
me).

2. Compile the document manually as:
--Export the lyx file as plain latex (tex) file from lyx. Make sure the paths 
for the bst and bib files are correct in the tex file.
--In a console (or dos window) navigate to the directory where the file is 
located.
--run pdflatex on the file (pdflatex filename.tex) This creates a bbl file in 
the directory.
--run bibtex (bibtex filename without extension or bibtex filename.aux.
--In the directory now you should see a file filename.bbl. Look for bbl 
extension.
--Edit the bbl file: search for the incorrect entry and correct it, save the 
edited file.
--Now run again pdflatex filename.tex one, two, or even more time until all 
the citations, references, cross references in the file are inserted correctly.

You can use latex insted of pdflatex if want dvi output.

bcsikos

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-06 Thread Csikos Bela 
Steve Burnham írta:
I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
incorrectly. As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
after the question mark. I need to remove this period but am I having 
difficulty doing so. I found this 
solutionhttp://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/181130/remove-question-mark-following-period-for-reference-title-in-pdf-using-vancouveI
 tried to implement it by adding the \killpunct after the question mark in my 
.bib file and then added \newcommand{\killpunct}[1]{} to my preamble. Upon 
compilation I get an error that there is a built in limit of 9 arguments. 
Searching around it seems like there are some fixes to overcome this 
limitation but nothing straightforward and all involve lots of programming in 
LaTeX, which I am not comfortable with. Is there any easy fix to remove the 
offending period?--Steve Burnham

Hello:

I guess the problem is the bst file. It should not add the dot after given 
characters as ? !.
Nevertheless I would check first the database file if the title has as ? or 
?.. If it's the latter correcting it might help.

If the database entry is correct you have two options.

1. Find or create a bst file which makes correct output. makebst (custom-bst ) 
generated bst files never does not have this issue (at least never had it for 
me).

2. Compile the document manually as:
--Export the lyx file as plain latex (tex) file from lyx. Make sure the paths 
for the bst and bib files are correct in the tex file.
--In a console (or dos window) navigate to the directory where the file is 
located.
--run pdflatex on the file (pdflatex filename.tex) This creates a bbl file in 
the directory.
--run bibtex (bibtex filename without extension or bibtex filename.aux.
--In the directory now you should see a file filename.bbl. Look for bbl 
extension.
--Edit the bbl file: search for the incorrect entry and correct it, save the 
edited file.
--Now run again pdflatex filename.tex one, two, or even more time until all 
the citations, references, cross references in the file are inserted correctly.

You can use latex insted of pdflatex if want dvi output.

bcsikos

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-06 Thread Csikos Bela 
Steve Burnham írta:
>I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
>incorrectly. As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
>after the question mark. I need to remove this period but am I having 
>difficulty doing so. I found this 
>solutionhttp://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/181130/remove-question-mark-following-period-for-reference-title-in-pdf-using-vancouveI
> tried to implement it by adding the \killpunct after the question mark in my 
>.bib file and then added \newcommand{\killpunct}[1]{} to my preamble. Upon 
>compilation I get an error that there is a built in limit of 9 arguments. 
>Searching around it seems like there are some fixes to overcome this 
>limitation but nothing straightforward and all involve lots of programming in 
>LaTeX, which I am not comfortable with. Is there any easy fix to remove the 
>offending period?--Steve Burnham

Hello:

I guess the problem is the bst file. It should not add the dot after given 
characters as ? !.
Nevertheless I would check first the database file if the title has as "?" or 
"?.". If it's the latter correcting it might help.

If the database entry is correct you have two options.

1. Find or create a bst file which makes correct output. makebst (custom-bst ) 
generated bst files never does not have this issue (at least never had it for 
me).

2. Compile the document manually as:
--Export the lyx file as plain latex (tex) file from lyx. Make sure the paths 
for the bst and bib files are correct in the tex file.
--In a console (or dos window) navigate to the directory where the file is 
located.
--run pdflatex on the file ("pdflatex filename.tex") This creates a bbl file in 
the directory.
--run bibtex ("bibtex filename" without extension or "bibtex filename.aux".
--In the directory now you should see a file "filename.bbl". Look for bbl 
extension.
--Edit the bbl file: search for the incorrect entry and correct it, save the 
edited file.
--Now run again "pdflatex filename.tex" one, two, or even more time until all 
the citations, references, cross references in the file are inserted correctly.

You can use latex insted of pdflatex if want dvi output.

bcsikos

Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham 
I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
after the question mark.  I need to remove this period but am I having 
difficulty doing so.  I found this solution

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/181130/remove-question-mark-following-period-for-reference-title-in-pdf-using-vancouve

I tried to implement it by adding the \killpunct after the question mark in my 
.bib file and then added \newcommand{\killpunct}[1]{} to my preamble.  Upon 
compilation I get an error that there is a built in limit of 9 arguments.  
Searching around it seems like there are some fixes to overcome this limitation 
but nothing straightforward and all involve lots of programming in LaTeX, which 
I am not comfortable with.  Is there any easy fix to remove the offending 
period?

-- 
Steve Burnham

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Jacob Bishop 
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com wrote:

 I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry
 incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed
 after the question mark.  I need to remove this period


I realize this does not directly solve what you want to do, but I believe
it is relevant. Are you *sure* that you need to remove the period? I
believe it's worth asking. I have on occasion worked hard attempting to do
something (sometimes succeeding, sometimes not) with a package that I
actually did not need to do. As an example, I was very frustrated recently
because I *needed* to place the full author list in the text for an article
which had seven authors. I wrestled around with it for a while before
finally checking the APA manual. It turns out, you're actually not supposed
to list all seven authors in the text, but instead use et al., even for the
first instance they are cited. This was a bit weird to me, but it turned
out that what I *needed* to do did not actually *need* to be done. I know
that APA says you put a period after the title of the article. This rule
technically holds, even if there is a question mark in the title, and even
if it looks weird. I don't know about vancover, but I think it's worth
checking. Do you really *need* to remove that period?

Jacob

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham 
On June 5, 2014 at 18:22:45 PM, Jacob Bishop (bishop.ja...@gmail.com) wrote:
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
after the question mark.  I need to remove this period

I realize this does not directly solve what you want to do, but I believe it is 
relevant. Are you *sure* that you need to remove the period? I believe it's 
worth asking. I have on occasion worked hard attempting to do something 
(sometimes succeeding, sometimes not) with a package that I actually did not 
need to do. As an example, I was very frustrated recently because I *needed* to 
place the full author list in the text for an article which had seven authors. 
I wrestled around with it for a while before finally checking the APA manual. 
It turns out, you're actually not supposed to list all seven authors in the 
text, but instead use et al., even for the first instance they are cited. This 
was a bit weird to me, but it turned out that what I *needed* to do did not 
actually *need* to be done. I know that APA says you put a period after the 
title of the article. This rule technically holds, even if there is a question 
mark in the title, and even if it looks weird. I don't know about vancover, but 
I think it's worth checking. Do you really *need* to remove that period?

Jacob


This is a good question and one I actually had to ask myself this afternoon.  I 
had to turn in a draft to the thesis editor today in order to comply with their 
deadlines so I was trying to figure out if the period could be there.  
Ultimately, I never figured it out but what I do know is I have to make 
whatever formatting changes my thesis editor tells me to and that was one of 
them.  So I actually decided to just go with the period and try to justify it, 
but when I got on the computer to print I noticed there was Adobe Acrobat Pro 
available which lets me edit pdf files.  So I just opened up the thesis 
document and deleted the period manually before printing.  I never replied with 
my fix hoping there is/would be a proper fix for the issue.  I’m sure there is 
one (it seems there always is) but it is probably more work than it is worth as 
opposed to just opening it up in Acrobat pro.  Citations can be a real pain 
though, I’m sure you realized that quickly writing your thesis and dissertation.

-Steve

Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham 
I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
after the question mark.  I need to remove this period but am I having 
difficulty doing so.  I found this solution

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/181130/remove-question-mark-following-period-for-reference-title-in-pdf-using-vancouve

I tried to implement it by adding the \killpunct after the question mark in my 
.bib file and then added \newcommand{\killpunct}[1]{} to my preamble.  Upon 
compilation I get an error that there is a built in limit of 9 arguments.  
Searching around it seems like there are some fixes to overcome this limitation 
but nothing straightforward and all involve lots of programming in LaTeX, which 
I am not comfortable with.  Is there any easy fix to remove the offending 
period?

-- 
Steve Burnham

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Jacob Bishop 
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com wrote:

 I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry
 incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed
 after the question mark.  I need to remove this period


I realize this does not directly solve what you want to do, but I believe
it is relevant. Are you *sure* that you need to remove the period? I
believe it's worth asking. I have on occasion worked hard attempting to do
something (sometimes succeeding, sometimes not) with a package that I
actually did not need to do. As an example, I was very frustrated recently
because I *needed* to place the full author list in the text for an article
which had seven authors. I wrestled around with it for a while before
finally checking the APA manual. It turns out, you're actually not supposed
to list all seven authors in the text, but instead use et al., even for the
first instance they are cited. This was a bit weird to me, but it turned
out that what I *needed* to do did not actually *need* to be done. I know
that APA says you put a period after the title of the article. This rule
technically holds, even if there is a question mark in the title, and even
if it looks weird. I don't know about vancover, but I think it's worth
checking. Do you really *need* to remove that period?

Jacob

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham 
On June 5, 2014 at 18:22:45 PM, Jacob Bishop (bishop.ja...@gmail.com) wrote:
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
after the question mark.  I need to remove this period

I realize this does not directly solve what you want to do, but I believe it is 
relevant. Are you *sure* that you need to remove the period? I believe it's 
worth asking. I have on occasion worked hard attempting to do something 
(sometimes succeeding, sometimes not) with a package that I actually did not 
need to do. As an example, I was very frustrated recently because I *needed* to 
place the full author list in the text for an article which had seven authors. 
I wrestled around with it for a while before finally checking the APA manual. 
It turns out, you're actually not supposed to list all seven authors in the 
text, but instead use et al., even for the first instance they are cited. This 
was a bit weird to me, but it turned out that what I *needed* to do did not 
actually *need* to be done. I know that APA says you put a period after the 
title of the article. This rule technically holds, even if there is a question 
mark in the title, and even if it looks weird. I don't know about vancover, but 
I think it's worth checking. Do you really *need* to remove that period?

Jacob


This is a good question and one I actually had to ask myself this afternoon.  I 
had to turn in a draft to the thesis editor today in order to comply with their 
deadlines so I was trying to figure out if the period could be there.  
Ultimately, I never figured it out but what I do know is I have to make 
whatever formatting changes my thesis editor tells me to and that was one of 
them.  So I actually decided to just go with the period and try to justify it, 
but when I got on the computer to print I noticed there was Adobe Acrobat Pro 
available which lets me edit pdf files.  So I just opened up the thesis 
document and deleted the period manually before printing.  I never replied with 
my fix hoping there is/would be a proper fix for the issue.  I’m sure there is 
one (it seems there always is) but it is probably more work than it is worth as 
opposed to just opening it up in Acrobat pro.  Citations can be a real pain 
though, I’m sure you realized that quickly writing your thesis and dissertation.

-Steve

Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham 
I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
after the question mark.  I need to remove this period but am I having 
difficulty doing so.  I found this solution

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/181130/remove-question-mark-following-period-for-reference-title-in-pdf-using-vancouve

I tried to implement it by adding the \killpunct after the question mark in my 
.bib file and then added \newcommand{\killpunct}[1]{} to my preamble.  Upon 
compilation I get an error that there is a built in limit of 9 arguments.  
Searching around it seems like there are some fixes to overcome this limitation 
but nothing straightforward and all involve lots of programming in LaTeX, which 
I am not comfortable with.  Is there any easy fix to remove the offending 
period?

-- 
Steve Burnham

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Jacob Bishop 
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Steve Burnham  wrote:

> I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry
> incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed
> after the question mark.  I need to remove this period
>

I realize this does not directly solve what you want to do, but I believe
it is relevant. Are you *sure* that you need to remove the period? I
believe it's worth asking. I have on occasion worked hard attempting to do
something (sometimes succeeding, sometimes not) with a package that I
actually did not need to do. As an example, I was very frustrated recently
because I *needed* to place the full author list in the text for an article
which had seven authors. I wrestled around with it for a while before
finally checking the APA manual. It turns out, you're actually not supposed
to list all seven authors in the text, but instead use et al., even for the
first instance they are cited. This was a bit weird to me, but it turned
out that what I *needed* to do did not actually *need* to be done. I know
that APA says you put a period after the title of the article. This rule
technically holds, even if there is a question mark in the title, and even
if it looks weird. I don't know about vancover, but I think it's worth
checking. Do you really *need* to remove that period?

Jacob

Re: Removing a period from BibTeX generated references

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Burnham 
On June 5, 2014 at 18:22:45 PM, Jacob Bishop (bishop.ja...@gmail.com) wrote:
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Steve Burnham  wrote:
I have a BibTeX generated list of references that is doing one entry 
incorrectly.  As sen in the attached picture there is a period being placed 
after the question mark.  I need to remove this period

I realize this does not directly solve what you want to do, but I believe it is 
relevant. Are you *sure* that you need to remove the period? I believe it's 
worth asking. I have on occasion worked hard attempting to do something 
(sometimes succeeding, sometimes not) with a package that I actually did not 
need to do. As an example, I was very frustrated recently because I *needed* to 
place the full author list in the text for an article which had seven authors. 
I wrestled around with it for a while before finally checking the APA manual. 
It turns out, you're actually not supposed to list all seven authors in the 
text, but instead use et al., even for the first instance they are cited. This 
was a bit weird to me, but it turned out that what I *needed* to do did not 
actually *need* to be done. I know that APA says you put a period after the 
title of the article. This rule technically holds, even if there is a question 
mark in the title, and even if it looks weird. I don't know about vancover, but 
I think it's worth checking. Do you really *need* to remove that period?

Jacob


This is a good question and one I actually had to ask myself this afternoon.  I 
had to turn in a draft to the thesis editor today in order to comply with their 
deadlines so I was trying to figure out if the period could be there.  
Ultimately, I never figured it out but what I do know is I have to make 
whatever formatting changes my thesis editor tells me to and that was one of 
them.  So I actually decided to just go with the period and try to justify it, 
but when I got on the computer to print I noticed there was Adobe Acrobat Pro 
available which lets me edit pdf files.  So I just opened up the thesis 
document and deleted the period manually before printing.  I never replied with 
my fix hoping there is/would be a proper fix for the issue.  I’m sure there is 
one (it seems there always is) but it is probably more work than it is worth as 
opposed to just opening it up in Acrobat pro.  Citations can be a real pain 
though, I’m sure you realized that quickly writing your thesis and dissertation.

-Steve