[texhax] steady decline in tug membership ?

[bruce at auswildlife.com]

Thanks Karl,

yes, that was the question. I managed to fix it myself by changing to a
different package. I don't have the details here, so I won't try to go
into it further!

Essentially, when I used the \citationmode{abbr} to abbreviate the
refereces, it had no effect and they failed to abbreviate in the output. I
tried varoius ways and means, but to no avail.

But there are many ways to solve a problem and I used a completely
different package which did the job perfectly!

Thanks very much for looking this up. Much appreciated.

cheers, Bruce



>     The second question got no responses
>
> Looking at the archives, I think this was that unanswered question:
>
>     I am using the package \usepackage{harvard} and then using the agsm
>     style. I can't get \citationmode{abbr} to work (which I placed in
>     the preamble) but all other aspects of the package seem to
>     work...\citeyear etc.
>
> Unfortunately I've never used the harvard package myself, but I can
> suggest
> (a) posting an actual document with the problem, and
> (b) saying what you expected to happen, i.e., what "doesn't work" mean
>     -- an error from TeX, incorrect/missing output, or whatever.
>
> That would help other people to help.
>
> Most package authors welcome bug reports, too, especially given the
> information above so they can reproduce the problem.
>
> Best,
> Karl
>