[OS X TeX] Book manuscript, \cite question

[Toke Knudsen]

Hi Ross,

Many thanks for your reply.  My response is below.


On Mar 1, 2014, at 10:54 PM, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hello Toke,
> 
> On 02/03/2014, at 12:56, Toke Knudsen <toke_knudsen at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I’m finalizing a book manuscript, but have run into some issues with citations.  
>> 
>> First of all, I’m using chicago.sty (\usepackage{chicago}) to get the citations like I want them.  In my .bib file, I have the following entry (and a few more like that):
>> 
>> @BOOK{pingree:cess,
>> AUTHOR = "Pingree, David",
>> TITLE = "Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit",
>> YEAR = "1970--94",
> 
> Very interesting problem.
> 
> Try   
>      YEAR = "{1970--94}",
> or
>      YEAR = "19{70--94}{}",
> 
> I've not tried this.
> It is just an idea to overcome the 4 digit restriction.

Unfortunately, neither works.  It produces the following:

Pingree   94, A.2.107–110, A.3.28, A.4.75–76, A.5.74–75

In other words, the year is still ’94,’ but now there’s extra space between ‘Pingree’ and ’94.'



> PUBLISHER = "American Philosophical Society",
>> ADDRESS = "Philadelphia",
>> NOTE = "Series A, volumes 1--5."
>> }
>> 
>> As you can see, the work was published in the period 1970 to 1994, over multiple years; this is causing problems when I use the \cite command.
>> 
>> For example, at one place in the text, I cite the work as follows:
>> 
>> \cite[A.2.107--110, A.3.28, A.4.75--76, A.5.74--75]{pingree:cess}
>> 
>> I’d like for this to appear as follows in the text: "Pingree 1970–94, A.2.107–110, A.3.28, A.4.75–76, A.5.74–75”; but instead I get the the following:
>> 
>> Pingree 94, A.2.107–110, A.3.28, A.4.75–76, A.5.74–75
>> 
>> Apparently only four digits from the YEAR entry is cited, so with the two dashes, I only get the last two digits—94.  I don’t how to change this, so I’m asking if any of you would be able to help me.  How can I get the citation to print “1970–94” for the year?
>> 
>> With all best wishes,
>> Toke
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
>     Ross

All best wishes,
Toke
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