abbreviate first name

dmikl

Hi guys,
I found the nearly perfect style in the repository. However the only thing I have to change is to abbreviate the first names of the authors.

I tried myself with the <initialize-with=". "/> feature which I found in the forum. But it somehow doesn't work :(

The author macro in this style is the following:

<macro name="author">
<names variable="author">
<name and="text" name-as-sort-order="all" sort-separator=", " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never"/>
<label form="short" text-case="lowercase" strip-periods="true"/>
<substitute>
<names variable="editor"/>
<names variable="translator"/>
</substitute>
</names>
</macro>

What do I have to change in order to get instead of this:

Donhauser, Gerhard und Bernlochner, Ludwig (2009).

That abbreviation?

Donhauser, G. und Bernlochner, G. (2009).

I bet it's dead simple but I haven't figured it out since one hour :D

Thx for your help. Cheers from Vienna ;-)

adamsmith

<name and="text" name-as-sort-order="all" sort-separator=", " delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="never" initialize-with=". "/>

dmikl

OMG, just as simple as that :D

Thank you very much adamsmith, now it works perfect :)