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> fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) writes:

> I found a problem in chicago.bst:

>With the following entry in my bib file 

> @Article{dan-ea-82,
>   OPTcrossref =  "",
>   OPTkey = 	 "",
>   author = 	 "Dansgaard, W. and Clausen, H. B. and Gundestrup, N.
		  and Hammer, C. U. and Johnson, S. F. and
		  Kristinsdottir, P. M. and Reeh, N.",
>   title = 	 "A new {G}reenland deep ice core",
>   journal = 	 SC,
>   year = 	 "1982",
>   volume = 	 "218",
>   OPTnumber = 	 "",
>   pages = 	 "1273--1277",
>   OPTmonth = 	 "",
>   OPTnote = 	 "",
>   OPTannote = 	 ""
>  }

> I get this error message from BibTeX:

> Warning--you've exceeded 100, the entry-string-size, for entry dan-ea-82
> while executing--line 1541 of file chicago.bst
> *Please notify the bibstyle designer*

Sigh. Another hard-coded limitation of BibTex. The quick fix is to remove
the last two authors and replace their names with "and others". This should
make the author string short enough (so that the bibitem will total less
than 100 characters).

I'm not sure there's a robust solution to this problem. None of the other
styles I've ever looked at (including the APA ones) check for string
sizes.

I'd be pleased to entertain possible (robust) solutions from the net.


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