bib macro flub and fix

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From: Col. G. L. Sicherman
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1986 14:12

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If you use lists of authors' names for BIB reference keys, the references
won't dump properly.  The trouble lies in how the bib macros handle the
reference string, \*([F.  It's passed to .IP without being quoted, which
bombs when [F contains more than one word.

The fix is to quote the first argument to .IP in the bib macro files in
/usr/lib/bmac.  Also in your personal style files if you use any.  (Mine
go to great lengths to put the commas inside the quote marks!)
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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Subject: bib macro flub and fix
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