BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Modifications to BibTeX Style File

[melaw]

Hi!

I am currently working on my thesis and I am using "apalike" as BibTeX Style.

However, I now was told the volume number has to be bold, and I struggle in doing so. I tried to find a .bst that does what I want, but only to find ametsoc.

That .bst does make the volume number bold, but shows DOIs and URLs behind every bibliography entry, which I don't want.
makebst from custom-bib seems overkill for what I want to do, and "Tame the BeaST" did not help either as I try to avoid coding around for hours while thesis writing.

My humble question is: How can I change apalike to make the volume numbers bold?

I already tried to apply the aproach in this thread. But replacing the corresponding function inside the .bst did not change anything.

Thanks a lot!

[melaw]

Hi folks!

This is a bit strange, but I managed to fix it by myself.
I will give you the solution:

In the apalike.bst, delete the functions format.bvolume and forman.vol.num.pages in Notepad++.

Then add this code:

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FUNCTION {bolden}
{ duplicate$ empty$
    { pop$ "" }
    { "\textbf{" swap$ * "}" * }
  if$
}


FUNCTION {format.bvolume}
{ volume empty$
    { "" }
    { bbl.volume volume tie.or.space.prefix
      "volume" bibinfo.check * *
      series "series" bibinfo.check
      duplicate$ empty$ 'pop$
%%% NO ITALIC SERIES        { emphasize ", " * swap$ * }
      {", " * swap$ * }
      if$
	  bolden
      "volume and number" number either.or.check
    }
  if$
}


FUNCTION {format.vol.num.pages}
{ volume field.or.null
  number empty$
    'skip$
    { "(" number * ")" * *
      volume empty$
        { "there's a number but no volume in " cite$ * warning$ }
        'skip$
      if$
    }
  if$
  bolden
  pages empty$
    'skip$
    { duplicate$ empty$
        { pop$ format.pages }
        { ":" * pages n.dashify * }
      if$
    }
  if$
}

This is basically the part from ametsoc, that handles the bold sections.

My solution may not be the best code imaginable, but it works.