I am currently creating a format for Environment and Planning. This format calls for spaces in page ranges.
So they want output that looks like this:
515 – 531
If I understand the restrictions of Bookends correctly, I can only output this:
515–531
Or am I wrong here?
(A good thing is that Bookends supports en-dashes, which the format also calls for.)
spaces in page ranges
Re: spaces in page ranges
Right, there is no automatic option "put spaces around dash". But I believe that you can add the spaces in the references themselves and Bookends will leave them. It's not ideal, but you can use Global Change to Find/Replace (in the references you cite)
'-'
with ' - '
Make your bib, then Global Change back
' - '
to
'-'
As always, when doing batch operations on your data I'd make a backup copy first, in case I didn't like the result.
Jon
Sonny Software
'-'
with ' - '
Make your bib, then Global Change back
' - '
to
'-'
As always, when doing batch operations on your data I'd make a backup copy first, in case I didn't like the result.
Jon
Sonny Software
Re: spaces in page ranges
Thanks for the info!
I guess I will rather do the find&replace in Mellel, that way I only have to do the operation once before I submit and meanwhile the output for other texts that I am working on will remain unaffected.
(In Mellel, I can restrict the find&replace to the selection, i.e. the Bibliography, and I can use a search pattern that looks for digits surrounding the en-dash. This should keep me from accidentally adding spaces around en-dashes/hyphens that are part of a reference’s title.)
I guess I will rather do the find&replace in Mellel, that way I only have to do the operation once before I submit and meanwhile the output for other texts that I am working on will remain unaffected.
(In Mellel, I can restrict the find&replace to the selection, i.e. the Bibliography, and I can use a search pattern that looks for digits surrounding the en-dash. This should keep me from accidentally adding spaces around en-dashes/hyphens that are part of a reference’s title.)