Mixing text with multiple citations

[michaelwalls]

I'm trying to add text to a string of citations using Mellel as WP. For example, I need to say:
(for example, Bromley, 2003, 2005; Walls, 2007)

However, when I enter the "for example, " as per normal for a single citation [ie \for example, \Bromley, 2003, #17; Bromley, 2005, #18; Walls, 2007, #266], then scan the document, it attaches the "for example" only to the first reference and reorders the list alphabetically with the 'f' in 'for example' as the first letter in the reference, giving:
(Bromley, 2005; for example Bromley, 2003; Walls, 2007)

Am I doing this wrong, or is there a way of disassociating the free text from a single reference?

Thanks,
Michael

[Jon]

Hi,

I'll look into that, it may be a bug. In the meantime, if you don't need it, tell Bookends to list items in citations in the order they are entered and see if that helps.

Jon
Sonny Software

[Jon]

HI,

I see this, too, but on further reflection I think it is the proper behavior. Each citation in a group can have it's own preceding and succeeding text. Bookends shouldn't treat the first citation differently from the others. So there are two options I can think of for you:

1. Don't sort the citation groups (perhaps not an option for you)

2. Create your own leading text, and tell Bookends to not supply the enclosing punctuation (handle that yourself). For example

...(for example {*cite1; cite2; cite3})...

Note the asterisk after the opening curly bracket. In the case of Mellel (which you are using), check the "don't enclose formatted citation" instead.

Jon
Sonny Software

[michaelwalls]

Thanks Jon. The second option will suffice.
Michael