Hi,
My editor is really strict about my bibliography style, I used makebst to match as clase as I can the requirements. I need to understand the .bst language in order to reach the requirements.
Is there a free document that explain it ?
BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ .bst file language guide
.bst file language guide
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.bst file language guide
Tame the BeaST is the only such documentation I know about.
But you should also consider switching to biblatex. It's far easier to customize without so much hassle.
I assume your editor only cares about the final version. If that's the case, then a final option to consider is just to wait until you're ready to submit, and that point, replace the \bibliography{...} line in your file with the contents of the .bbl file, and then manually edit the entries in the .bbl file as needed. Unless this is going to a recurring process, and/or you have a very long bibliography, that's probably less time consuming, especially if makebst helped you get very close.
But you should also consider switching to biblatex. It's far easier to customize without so much hassle.
I assume your editor only cares about the final version. If that's the case, then a final option to consider is just to wait until you're ready to submit, and that point, replace the \bibliography{...} line in your file with the contents of the .bbl file, and then manually edit the entries in the .bbl file as needed. Unless this is going to a recurring process, and/or you have a very long bibliography, that's probably less time consuming, especially if makebst helped you get very close.
Re: .bst file language guide
Hi,
thank you very much for that last response, but I need to submit my document tomorow and I have over a 1000 references, so I think it faster for me to modify the .bst file.
thank you very much for that last response, but I need to submit my document tomorow and I have over a 1000 references, so I think it faster for me to modify the .bst file.
Re: .bst file language guide
With 1000 references, I can understand not wanting to modify the .bbl file, but unless you already know something about the postfix language .bst files are written in, I still think you'd be better off with biblatex than trying to learn it. You shouldn't need to modify your core document or your .bib files.