Abridged title in subsequent citations

Freemat

Hi !

I would like to use the abridged title of some very frequently cited books in my publication.
So
- only if if the abridged title field of the book is filled in my Zotero Databank
- And, only in footnotes
- And, for subsequent citations only

I would like to display:
abridged title, locator.

instead of

author, book title, locator.

So for example.

Jobs, p. 12. (with "Jobs", as the abridged title)
instead of:
Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, p. 12.

other example:

Shaping body politic, p. 12.
instead of:
Maurie Dee Mcinnis, Louis P Nelson, Shaping the body politic: Art and political formation in early america, p. 12.


I apologize for this request. I managed in the past years to do some modifications in some existing styles, using the abundant and useful documentation. But i think this time, this modification is beyond my skills.
;)

adamsmith

The general idea is to use
<if variable="title-short">
to test for the presence of a short title
for the part of the citation where <if position="subsequent">

getting the details right will take some more tweaking, but that should give you the general idea.

Freemat

Thanks.
Here is what I tried.

1) I added the macro title-short.
<macro name="title-short">
<choose>
<if type="bill book graphic legal_case motion_picture report song" match="any">
<text variable="title" font-style="italic" form="short"/>
</if>
<else>
<text variable="title" quotes="true" form="short"/>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>


2) I tried to use <if variable="title-short">.

<else-if position="subsequent">
<choose>
<if match="any" variable="title-short">
<group>
<text variable="title-short" form="short" text-case="capitalize-first" font-variant="small-caps"/>
<label plural="never" variable="page" form="short"/>
<text variable="locator"/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<text macro="author"/>
<group delimiter=", ">
<choose>
<if type="book graphic report" match="any">
<text macro="title-short" font-style="normal"/>
</if>
<else>
<text macro="title-short" text-case="capitalize-first" quotes="false" font-style="normal"/>
</else>
</choose>
<text term="cited" font-style="italic" suffix="."/>
<group delimiter=" ">
<label plural="never" variable="page" form="short"/>
<text variable="locator"/>
</group>
</group>
</else>
</choose>


But something is going wrong.
I get this:

Daniel I BLOCK, BlockII, p. 371BlockII, p., 371.

instead of what I expect:
BlockII, p. 371.

adamsmith

put the whole style up on gist.github.com (paste in the window --> create public gist --> post the URL here). This looks like the subsequent citation is added in addition to the regulat citation, so probably some if/else-if combination that isn't correctly aligned.

Freemat

I modified an existing style.
Here is the modified file for the short-title function.
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/aab69efc0174b7f3ce62

edit: url

adamsmith

that style works exactly like you want for me. How are you testing? Make sure you actually have that version of the style installed in Zotero.

Freemat

You're right. It's working.
I deleted the style, closed Zotero, re-installed the style, and now it's working fine !
That means I did it ! Incredible ! ;)
Thank you for your support !