BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ harvard | Modify '\possessivecite'

[Suppestokk]

Hi.

Does anybody know if it's possible to modify the harvard package so the possessive is ' (just an apostrophe) when the author's name ends with s/sh/sj/rs/z, and just s (no apostrophe) in any other case?

[localghost]

You can try these lines in the preamble of your document. The code is taken from the harvard package code and slightly modified to define the new command \possessivecites along with its needed helper macros.

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\makeatletter
\newcommand{\possessivecites}{\@ifstar{\@ifstar{\HAR@acitespos}{\HAR@fcitespos}}%
{\HAR@dcitespos}%
}

\newcommand{\HAR@fcitespos}[2][\null]{\HAR@citetoaux{#2}\HAR@checkdef{#2}{%
{\HAR@fname{#2}' \harvardyearleft\HAR@year{#2}\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{\null}}
    {}{, #1}\harvardyearright}\HAR@setd{#2}}%
}

\newcommand{\HAR@acitespos}[2][\null]{\HAR@citetoaux{#2}\HAR@checkdef{#2}{%
{\HAR@aname{#2}' \harvardyearleft\HAR@year{#2}\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{\null}}
    {}{, #1}\harvardyearright}\HAR@setd{#2}}%
}

\newcommand{\HAR@dcitespos}[2][\null]{\HAR@citetoaux{#2}\HAR@checkdef{#2}{%
{\HAR@name{#2}' \harvardyearleft\HAR@year{#2}\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{\null}}
    {}{, #1}\harvardyearright}\HAR@setd{#2}}%
}
\makeatother

Due to a missing minimal example this is untested.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[Suppestokk]

Thanks.

The problem now is that the possessive seems to be ' (just an apostroph) in any case, not just when the author's name ends with s/sh/sj/rs/z.

Is it possible to fix this, so the possessive is the letter s when the author's name ends in any other letters. E.g. for Knuth it should display Knuths, not Knuth'.

[localghost]

For names that end with an s/sh/sj/rs/z use the new \possessivecites command. This was defined in addition to the other commands. For any other case you have still the original \possessivecite command (without the s at the end).

[Suppestokk]

Okay, I see.

I was hoping it was possible to have just one command that automatically added the correct possessive, depending on the author's name.
Maybe this isn't even possible?

[localghost]

{TeX} SX – harvard - modify \possessivecite