Sonny Software

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

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

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.

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