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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-mcite.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-mcite.html index 4a577b1dabc..64504221f1d 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-mcite.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-mcite.html @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ <p/>A convention sometimes used in physics journals is to “collapse” a group of related citations into a single entry in the bibliography. BibTeX, by default, can’t cope with this arrangement, but the <i>mcite</i> -package deals with the problem. -<p/>The package overloads the <code>\</code><code>cite</code> command to recognise a +and <i>mciteplus</i> packages deal with the problem. +<p/><i>mcite</i> overloads the <code>\</code><code>cite</code> command to recognise a “<code>*</code>” at the start of a key, so that citations of the form <blockquote> <pre> @@ -29,20 +29,31 @@ paper 3. <p/>You need to make a small change to the bibliography style (<code>.bst</code>) file you use; the <i>mcite</i> package documentation tells you how to do that. -<p/>Unfortunately, the <i>revtex</i> system doesn’t play with -<i>mcite</i>. As a result, for that (primarily physics-targeted -system) you need to play silly games like: +<p/>(Despite these multiple citations being primarily a physics-oriented +requirement, the <i>RevTeX</i> (Physics support) class doesn’t work +with <i>mcite</i>. +<p/>The <i>mciteplus</i> package adresses many of the infelicites of +<i>mcite</i>, and <em>does</em> work with <i>RevTeX</i>. Again, +‘ordinary’ <code>.bst</code> files will not work with +<i>mciteplus</i>, but the package documentation explains how to +patch an existing BibTeX style. +<p/>The <i>collref</i> package takes a rather different approach to the +problem, and will work with most (if not all) BibTeX packages. +<i>Collref</i> spots common subsets of the references, so if it +sees a sequence <blockquote> <pre> -\cite{paper0,paper1,paper3} -\nocite{paper2} +\cite{paper0,paper1,paper2,paper3} +... +\cite{some_other_paper,paper1,paper2,and_another} </pre> </blockquote><p> -and then edit the <code>.bbl</code> file to merge the two citations, to -achieve the effects of <i>mcite</i>. +it will collect <code>paper1</code> and <code>paper2</code> as a multiple reference. <dl> -<dt><tt><i>mcite.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mcite.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mcite</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mcite.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mcite/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>revtex bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex.zip">macros/latex/contrib/revtex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>collref.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/collref.zip">macros/latex/contrib/collref</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/collref/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>mcite.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mcite.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mcite</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mcite/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>mciteplus.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mciteplus.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mciteplus</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mciteplus/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>revtex bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex.zip">macros/latex/contrib/revtex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/revtex/">browse the directory</a>) </dl> <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=mcite">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=mcite</a> </body> |