[biblio] Brackets inside brackets

M Ansdell-Smith mansdell at gmail.com
Thu Sep 1 09:34:28 CEST 2011


The X is given as {X} to keep it uppercase. Without this the
bibliography (or citation) style might change it to lowercase. It is a
common feature in .bib files, especially with proper names.

Martin

On 31 August 2011 12:46, Pedro Costa <psdc1978 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  In this example of a bibtex entry, the title fieldhas the value "{The
>  {X} Window System, Version 11}". Why X is between { }? What does it
>  means?
>
>  @article{Gettys90,
>    author = {Jim Gettys and Phil Karlton and Scott McGregor},
>    title = {The {X} Window System, Version 11},
>    journal = {Software Practice and Experience},
>    volume = {20},
>    number = {S2},
>    year = {1990},
>    abstract = {A technical overview of the X11 functionality.  This is an update
>  of the X10 TOG paper by Scheifler \& Gettys.}
> }



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