On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:07:25 +0100 "Declan O'Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A related idea, perhaps less controverted, might be a frontend for > citation styles. Those of us who are required by universities to use > particular styles that may differ in one or two details from the > readily available styles could perhaps use a little programme for > making such adjustments. It could be a series of tick-boxes for > things like commas, full stops, italics, parentheses etc. This would > output a style readable by programmes like lyx. I know I'd love it if > some clever person were to construct such a thing. Not being a > programmer, I imagine it would be simple enough to produce, but > perhaps I underestimate the task. For the moment, I am looking for > Chicago citation style, but haven't come across it yet. In the > humanities, especially, styles used vary in rather minor details. I > would be great if there was a way to simplify the production of new > styles. > > Any thoughts on this from the learned technical people out there? I haven't had any reason to use it, but doesn't makebst perform exactly this task? Alan > > Declan >
