General ⇒ bibtex question

[bjorn victor]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum, so I don't know if this is the best place to post my question...

I'm using Texshop and bibtex with the harv-elsart.bst layout. This style is close to perfection for me except for 2 things:
1) In the text I would like to see "et al" in italics. Does anyone know the way to modify the bst file to obtain this?
2) In the bibliography I would like to have autor X, author Y & author Z instead of autor X, author Y, author Z. In other words, I would like to get the "&" symbol before my last author, even if I have only 2 authors. Does anyone know the way to modify the bst file to obtain this?

Many thanks,

Bjorn
Belgium

[aeelmn]

I don't know if there's an easier way to do it, but I once did it by opening the bst file and modifying it this way:

1) Find the

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FUNCTION {bbl.etal}
{ "et~al." }

and put the et~al. in italics.

2) Under the "FUNCTION {format.names}" change the part

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t "others" =
  {
    " " * bbl.etal *
  }
  { " " * t * }

to

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t "others" =
  {
    " " * bbl.etal *
  }
  { " \& " * t * }

This worked for me. Hope it makes sense

[bjorn victor]

I'll give it a try!!

Thanks!

Bjorn