I have the second edition of the book. But, I have to make it clear to the reader that I am still citing the original, the classic 1957 book. It is not a new 2002 publication. To make that clear inside the text, I was trying to put the original year alongside the second edition. In Jabref, what do is just insert the old publcation year alongside the new edition like this: 2002[1957]. It works fine. I tried to do the same with BE. But BE is stripping away the 1957 part when I export the reference.
I have seen the Orig Pub field. But, it has no user code (u15; or User12...) specification; so, I don't know how to use it in the Format Manager. I would have probably put the export format as year = $`{`d`}`[u15], $ or sth like that.
Citing the second edition
Re: Citing the second edition
Sorry, I forget that I can redefine the existing fields. I redefined User4 to Edition year.
Now, my format is modified to year = $`{`d[u4]`}`, $
It is working perfectly. The interesting part is whenever the u4 is unfilled, BE is not exporting the empty []. I was worried about it. I just don't know how that happened. with some kind of magic like luck, BE is not exporting the empty [] whenever the field is empty.
I am now happy.
Now, my format is modified to year = $`{`d[u4]`}`, $
It is working perfectly. The interesting part is whenever the u4 is unfilled, BE is not exporting the empty []. I was worried about it. I just don't know how that happened. with some kind of magic like luck, BE is not exporting the empty [] whenever the field is empty.
I am now happy.
Re: Citing the second edition
I suspect in your format you have "Use year-only for date". Uncheck that and Bookends will export 2002[1957]
As for which user field to use, it's each to see in the Format Manager. There's a popup menu called Fields below the Order fields. It shows you the field names for the Type you're looking at, with the designation next to it between {}'s.You'll see Orig Pub {u11} -- user 11. You can use this popup to insert the u11, not need to type it in.
Bookends not exporting the [] is not magic or luck -- it's programmed. Please see the User Guide for how Bookends handles fields with no text.
Jon
Sonny Software
As for which user field to use, it's each to see in the Format Manager. There's a popup menu called Fields below the Order fields. It shows you the field names for the Type you're looking at, with the designation next to it between {}'s.You'll see Orig Pub {u11} -- user 11. You can use this popup to insert the u11, not need to type it in.
Bookends not exporting the [] is not magic or luck -- it's programmed. Please see the User Guide for how Bookends handles fields with no text.
Jon
Sonny Software
Re: Citing the second edition
Oh, thank you. I didn't know about this. I have been inserting the fields manually. This is great.Jon wrote:There's a popup menu called Fields below the Order fields. It shows you the field names for the Type you're looking at, with the designation next to it between {}'s.You'll see Orig Pub {u11} -- user 11. You can use this popup to insert the u11, not need to type it in.
I know. It felt magic to me. Thank you for the foresightenedness. This is a well thought software: so pleasure to use.Bookends not exporting the [] is not magic or luck -- it's programmed.