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by yasso
Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:11 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Space after the dot (LaTeX new user)
Replies: 12
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Re: Space after the dot (LaTeX new user)

Yes, it is something like that.

The .bst file is from a publisher (Elsevier), but the article is to a conference which does not support LaTeX at all (they just want a camera-ready PDF).

Naturally, I just want to finish the paper and go on with life. I don't have the capacity to learn BiBTeX or how ...
by yasso
Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:41 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Space after the dot (LaTeX new user)
Replies: 12
Views: 15360

Re: Space after the dot (LaTeX new user)

Thanks guys for the help.

I was given a custom .bst file which seems to do all bibliography format as expected, except for that space between author's initials.

As a newcommer to LaTeX, I don't know how to produce those .bst files or how to edit them, but I am sure there must be a simple way to ...
by yasso
Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:33 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Space after the dot (LaTeX new user)
Replies: 12
Views: 15360

Re: Space after the dot (LaTeX new user)

Thanks Thorsten for the help

But it still does not work

{G.}{H.} (without space) becomes G.
{G.} {H.} with space it becomes G. H. (with space)

I guess the problem is that when BiBTeX converts the .bib file to a .bbl file or whatever for thebibliography environment, all those braces are removed ...
by yasso
Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:54 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Space after the dot (LaTeX new user)
Replies: 12
Views: 15360

Space after the dot (LaTeX new user)

Using BiBTex and LaTeX

Suppose an author name is to be typset as "G.H. Wills" (no space between . and H)
How to write the name in the BiBTeX database?
{Wills, G.H.} produces "G. Wills"
{Wills, {G.H.}} same
{Wills, G. H.} Produces "G. H. Wills" (with a space.

In other words, how to force TeX so ...