bib macro flub and fix

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2 total messages Started by Col. G. L. Sicherman Wed, 08 Oct 1986 14:12

#1692

Author: 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
UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
CS: colonel@buffalo-cs
BI: colonel@sunybcs, csdsiche@sunyabvc

Re: bib macro flub and fix

#1694

Author: Col. G. L. Sicherman
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1986 18:41

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By the way, if you use -me, you'll want to make the same fix to bibmac.me:
not
	.de IP
	.ip \\$1 \\$2
	..
but
	.de IP
	.ip "\\$1" \\$2
	..

And of course the man page needs correcting.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
CS: colonel@buffalo-cs
BI: colonel@sunybcs, csdsiche@sunyabvc

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