BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Biblatex Question

[dpholmes]

Hi Everyone,
I know that Biblatex is a different project than Bibtex, I'm taking a chance that someone might be familiar with it and be able to help me...

I've been struggling with this for a while today. I'm using biblatex to be able to have my bibliography appear as footnotes. While using biblatex (e.g. \usepackage[style=footnote-dw]{biblatex} ) I'd like to edit the way the references are displayed in the footnote.

Specifically:
I want to remove "in:" before the journal/book is printed. I've been able to remove the "in" (via biblatex.def) but not the ":" By adding this line to the preamble I can add text in between "in" and ":" \renewcommand{\intitlepunct}{!!!!!} yields: "in!!!!!:" which is incredibly unhelpful.

Less specifically:
I'd like to italicize things (like et al. or the name of the journal), and bold/emphasis things (like the year).
I'd like to change the punctuation between Journal Volume & Issue (default is a period), and the authors and article title (default is colon)
I'd like to be able to omit the article title.

I've read a significant amount of documentation before posting this
including: biblatex.pdf, en-footnote-dw.pdf, and biblatex-dw.pdf
Thank you in advance for your help, today has been a frustrating
one....
Doug Holmes

[josephwright]

Make a copy of the .bbx file (footnote-dw.bbx) and then edit it to produce the effects you want. You can then use it:

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\usepackage[bibstyle=my-footnote-dw,citestyle=footnote-dw]{biblatex}

The biblatex manual explains about editing the style files, but for the changes you want I'd hope things will be pretty easy.

[dpholmes]

Thank you!

So, footnote-dw.bbx actually points to authortitle-dw.bbx

By editing that file along with biblatex.def and standard-dw.bbx I'm able to make all the necessary formatting and style changes!

Cheers,
-Doug

[josephwright]

No, don't edit the originals: make copies and edit those! In general, it's a bad idea to alter the content of TeX files without making copies (unless of course you are the original author).

[dpholmes]

Yes, yes. I assumed it was implied. I made copies of the original files first. Thanks!