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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-bibtranscinit.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-bibtranscinit.html index fd77e108c02..a845e019735 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-bibtranscinit.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-bibtranscinit.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label bibtranscinit</title> </head><body> -<h3>‘Multi-letter’ initials in BibTeX</h3> +<h3>‘Multi-letter’ initials in BibTeX</h3> <!-- compound initials, transcribed initials --> <p/>If your bibliographic style uses initials + surname, you may encounter a problem with some transcribed names (for example, Russian ones). @@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Consider the following example from the real world: } </pre> </blockquote><p> -Note that the “Yu” is the initial, not a complete name. However, -BibTeX’s algorithms will leave you with a citation — -slightly depending on the bibliographic style — that reads: -“S. Y. Epifanov and A. A. Vigasin, …”. instead of the intended -“S. Yu. Epifanov and A. A. Vigasin, …”. +Note that the “Yu” is the initial, not a complete name. However, +BibTeX’s algorithms will leave you with a citation — +slightly depending on the bibliographic style — that reads: +“S. Y. Epifanov and A. A. Vigasin, …”. instead of the intended +“S. Yu. Epifanov and A. A. Vigasin, …”. <p/>One solution is to replace each affected initial by a command that prints the correct combination. To keep your bibliography portable, you need to add that command to your bibliography with the @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ If you have many such commands, you may want to put them in a separate file and <code>\</code><code>input</code> that LaTeX file in a <code>@preamble</code> directive. <p/>An alternative is to make the transcription look like an accent, from -BibTeX’s point of view. For this we need a control sequence that +BibTeX’s point of view. For this we need a control sequence that does nothing: <blockquote> <pre> @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ extra typing; which of the two techniques is preferable for a given bibliography will be determined by the names in it. It should be noted that a preamble that introduces lots of odd commands is usually undesirable if the bibliography is a shared one. -<p/>“Compound” initials (for single names made up of two or more words) -may be treated in the same way, so one can enter Forster’s rather +<p/>“Compound” initials (for single names made up of two or more words) +may be treated in the same way, so one can enter Forster’s rather complicated name as: <blockquote> <pre> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ complicated name as: </pre> </blockquote><p> -The same trick can be played if you’re entering whole names: +The same trick can be played if you’re entering whole names: <blockquote> <pre> ... @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The same trick can be played if you’re entering whole names: </blockquote><p> (though no guarantee, that either of those names is right, is offered!) -However, if you’re typing the names in the “natural” (Western) way, +However, if you’re typing the names in the “natural” (Western) way, with given names first, the trick: <blockquote> <pre> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ with given names first, the trick: ... </pre> </blockquote><p> -doesn’t work — “de F. Forster” is treated as a compound family +doesn’t work — “de F. Forster” is treated as a compound family names. <p/><p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=bibtranscinit">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=bibtranscinit</a> </body> |