Names of parent and child in Metatype

[jmckeown]

Hi,

Can author names be treated differently for the [parent] in a metatype?

I can get both surname-only, or both full name, but I haven't worked out how to make just parent surname-only.

i.e. in Works Cited there is the edited book:

Editor-surname, Editor-forename ed. Edited-book-title. Place: Publisher, Year.

and also a separate entry for chapter:

Author-surname, Author-forename. “Chapter-title.” Editor-surname, Editor-forename 125-164.

by changing metatype format manager from Full name" to "Surname only" I get:

Author-surname. “Chapter/essay-title.” Editor-surname 125-164.

but what the MLA Style Guide tells me to do is:

Author-surname, Author-forename. “Chapter-title.” Editor-surname 125-164.

Any suggestions please?

regards,
John

[Jon]

I don't think so. There is a mechanism for authors names and editors names (first and subsequent) but you can't specify different options for the parent and the child.

Jon
Sonny Software

[jmckeown]

Thanks for guidance. OK, my work-around is, after generating bibliography, I am running a series of Search-Replace (a FindSet in Mellel) to catch all those editors' names in MLA-style cross-references. It works.

[Jon]

I'm glad that works. Metatypes are already rather complicated to implement (internally), and adding separate control over parent/child names would add considerably to that, and moreso at the level of the UI.

Jon
Sonny Software