[biblio] Biblatex MHRA style

[Chris Yocum]

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Hi,

Thanks for this.  When I have a spare moment, I will have a look to
see if I can just tweak the other versions.

Thanks again,
Chris

On 26/02/12 20:00, Joseph Wright wrote:
> On 26/02/2012 14:33, Chris Yocum wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
> 
>> I was pointed here from the main Texhax list.  I have been
>> attempting to write a biblatex style for MHRA (used in the UK; 
>> http://www.mhra.org.uk/ the style guide is on the right hand side
>> of the page) but mostly failing.  I was hoping for someone more 
>> knowledgeable about these matters to offer some advice.
> 
>> Mostly, I just seems that I am doing lots of typing to get it to
>> work when I don't see other biblatex styles doing the same kind
>> of thing.
> 
>> I have the code on github
>> (https://github.com/cyocum/biblatex-mhra) and I would be very
>> grateful for any expert advice.
> 
>> Thanks!, Chris Yocum
> 
> 
> As a general approach, I'd start from the standard drivers, so just
> load the 'best choice' one. Then make a test .bib file, one entry
> type at a time, and start by copying the appropriate driver code
> your 'new' .cbx file. Make a test .tex file, then work slowly,
> changing only what you have to.
> 
> I'd use standard.bbx, biblatex.def and so on as references. I
> notice that you've not got the required "%" in your files, for
> example, so you are adding spaces you don't want. You probably want
> to check first that you can't modify a bibmacro or some setting
> before you alter any part of the driver itself. It's amazing how
> much you can achieve by altering the auxiliaries: this helps as it
> propagates.
> 
> This is the approach I've taken for my biblatex styles, which are 
> probably a lot easier to set up than humanities ones.
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