How to remove period from "et al."

larry

I am creating a style. The citation does not require a period in "et al."
Check example
Smith FN et al (Year) Title. Publication
Any help from anyone?
Thanks.

adamsmith

<terms>
<locale xml:lang="en">
<term name="et-al">et al</term>
</locale>
</terms>

right after
</info>

larry

Thanks, but I still can not fix it.
Am I going to make -if- loops within the -options- brackets? Here is a complete example
One author:
Citation
(Smith J 1999)
Bibliography
Smith J (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329

Two authors:
Citation
(Smith and Jones 1999)
Bibliography
Smith J, Jones MJ (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329

Three or more authors:
Citation
(Smith et al. 1999)
Bibliography
Smith J, Jones MJ, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329

Note that for three or more authors, there is period in the citation.

adamsmith

ah ok - I don't think that's possible - you can only change et al globally - no different settings for citation and bibliography are possible. I don't think you test for et-al with an "if" either, so there really is no way to do this. I believe there will be in CSL 1.0, though

larry

Ok, thank you very much.
These are other messages I get when committing. What could be the possible cause?
Commit
C:\Documents and Settings\Larry.OWN-8EC7B2505AE\Desktop\Working Folder\hydrogeology-journal.csl
C:\Documents and Settings\Larry.OWN-8EC7B2505AE\Desktop\Working Folder\hydrogeology-journal.csl
Commit failed (details follow):
Commit blocked by pre-commit hook (exit code 1) with output:
Please use Unix newlines for CSL files.

adamsmith

it's the wrong type of newlines - go here for a switching tool. I believe jedit can do that for you, too.
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~craig/utility/flip/

larry

Thanks. Will look at it.

larry

Still having problem with adding a new file. I downloaded the "flip" and run but still the error message shows:

Commit failed (details follow):
Commit blocked by pre-commit hook (exit code 1) with output:
Please use Unix newlines for CSL files.

But when I tried modifying a style in the repository, there was no problem with committing. What might have gone wrong? Any help?

adamsmith

so just to make sure, you installed flip and then ran

flip -u C:\Documents and Settings\Larry.OWN-8EC7B2505AE\Desktop\Working Folder\hydrogeology-journal.csl

then you replace the file that you already have in the SVN - csl folder with the "flipped" file and retry commit. If that doesn't work I don't know

larry

Hello Adamsmith thanks for your efforts. I have done all that: flipped then replaced it in the working copy and committed, but still the same error messages. Please again, let me give you the style (hydrogeology journal) for you to check and when Ok then upload.
http://gist.github.com/303350

adamsmith

it's up - sorry I can't tell you what the problem was - worked smoothly for me.

larry

Great and thanks.