General ⇒ can I use \verbatim in my .bib file?

[mappo]

This is what annoys me at the moment.

My *.bib file:

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@misc{S,
author = {Lane, Lois},
title ={Clark Kent is Superman!},
note = {\newline\texttt{www.thedailyplanet.com}}
}

I use @misc since it's actually a web site I'm citing.

This is my output:
Lois Lane. Clark kent is superman!
http://www.thedailyplanet.com.

I'm only a little bothered by the dot after `Lane'. The dot after the URL is much more annoying.
Why is `kent' and `superman' written in all lower-case?
And the most important question: What file do I edit to fix this - the .cls or the .bst.

The answer to the question in the thread title: No, you can't (but \newline and \texttt{} works just fine...)!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Mappo,

I recommend to use \url from the url package for citing websites.
Considering the other questions I did not tested that yet, perhaps you can give some more information like you used bibliography style.

Stefan

[T3.]

Why is `kent' and `superman' written in all lower-case?
And the most important question: What file do I edit to fix this - the .cls or the .bst.

To prevent bibtex from formating some parts of the title, just put them in braces:

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@misc{S,
author = {Lane, Lois},
title ={{C}lark {K}ent is {S}uperman!},
note = {\newline\texttt{www.thedailyplanet.com}}
}

[mappo]

Stefan_K: Why do you recommend \url{}?
I did this:

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@misc{S,
author = {Lane, Lois},
title ={{C}lark {K}ent is {S}uperman!},
note = {\url{www.thedailyplanet.com}}
}

There was no difference between using \url{} and using \texttt{} (at least none
I could see viewing my .dvi file) so why use more packages than necessary?
I'm using someone else's .bst file, but switching to \bibliographystyle{plain}
changed nothing.

T3.: Great advice with the brackets! It solves the lower case issue, but
unfortunately not the dots.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Mappo,

There was no difference between using \url{} and using \texttt{} (at least none
I could see viewing my .dvi file) so why use more packages than necessary?

Then you don't need it for this specific address. But \texttt will not work if you have underscores _ inside the address, for example, or if you have very long addresses that might need a linebreak. That are not unusual cases, that's why I recommended \url.

Stefan

[mappo]

Those are two good reasons - twice what I asked for
Thank you for that!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Mappo,

The issue with the dots is still open. I guess the bst file is responsible for adding the dot after an antry. Have a look inside that and/or post it here as attachment.

Stefan

[mappo]

Great, thank you.

As I wrote earlier, I'm using \bibliographystyle{plain} and not a separate .bst file.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Mappo,

I remember you wrote I'm using someone else's .bst file, perhaps it's easier to change there.
But you can also change plain.bst. Open it and look for:

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FUNCTION {fin.entry}
{ add.period$
  write$
  newline$
}

You could remove add.period$, that may do it.
Perhaps consider to change a copy of plain.bst and work with it instead, its usually not recommendable to alter original files.

Stefan

[mappo]

Beautiful!
Thank you very much.

Stick a fork in this thread - it's done!