General ⇒ Ibid. and references in footnotes

[meho_r]

It is usual in academic writings when referring to a reference that one put it in the footnote. But when on the same page one refers to the same reference twice or couple of times sequentially, the first time complete source's name should be named and the second, third... times it should be replaced by "Ibid." Here's the problem:

1. Let's say that we have page 10 with 3 footnotes:

1. "The LaTeX Companion...", pp. 10
2. "The LaTeX Companion...", pp. 20
3. "The LaTeX Companion...", pp. 30

It shouldn't be written this way. It should be reffered like this:

1. "The LaTeX Companion...", pp. 10 % (so, the first time it must be full name of the reference)
2. Ibid., pp. 20 % (every time the same reference is mentioned immediately after its mention should be "Ibid", not full name)
3. Ibid., pp. 30

2. The problem: Let's say that we change font, or margins so the construction of text changed and now the footnote 3. fall on the page 11. Now we have the first footnote on the page 11. starting with "Ibid" instead of the full reference name.

The question: Is there some way to make "Ibid." automatically replace reference name where it's needed? Is there a package that do this? I know of inlinebib but it doesn't do what I need.

[gmedina]

One possibility is the use of the ibidem option of the jurabib package.

[meho_r]

I wasn't aware of that. Thank you very much, gmedina.

I have one more question about order of bibliography items, it is related to this one, but independent too, so I think it's better to start a new topic. Here it is: Jurabib and order of bibliography items