How to change the page "dash" in CSL code?

cadudesun
Hello. I would like to change the dash in page range. I want to change from – to * . I.e. from 1-15 to 1*15.
Is it possible to be changed in CSL code?
Thanks in advance,
Cadu
  • adamsmith
    not currently, no.
    CSL is fully documented here:
    http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html
    if something is not in the specs it's not possible in regular CSL.
  • fbennett
    @cadudesun: Is this required by a style guide? If so, can to provide a link or a reference to the style?
  • DWL-SDCA
    Why do you want the * instead of the dash? Do you want this as an intermediate step to accomplish soomething else or is the * part of the format requirements you must follow?
  • cadudesun
    Hi. This are related to ABNT (Brazilian style). However, let me make it clearer. The * was just a way of asking about the code in the forum. Actually, ABNT style uses a dash as well. But it is a "little" dash (and it is impossible to insert the "little" dash in this post field; both "dashes" are showed as same). The default Zotero dash is bigger. Please, see the following link to see an official ABNT document.
    http://www.cch.ufv.br/revista/pdfs/10520-Citas.pdf
    Look for "JOSSUA, Jean Pierre; METZ, Johann Baptist. Editorial: Teologia e Literatura. Concilium, Petrópolis, v.115, n. 5, p. 2-5, 1976". As I told, the dash appears in this post field as Zotero dash, but through the link you could see the right ABNT dash. Best, Cadu
  • fbennett
    Is this a uniform practice in Portuguese?
  • adamsmith
    Looks like it might be - I checked a Portuguese (from Portugal) journal here and it uses hyphens:
    http://www.penelope.ics.ul.pt/indices/penelope_24/24_05_TFernandes.pdf
  • fbennett
    edited February 26, 2012
    Okay, I've checked in a fresh processor release (version 1.0.293) that will use hyphen for the page range delimiter if the default-locale of the style is set to Portuguese (pt, pt-BR or pt-PT). The new behavior will appear automatically when the new processor version is picked up by Zotero (probably a day or two in the 3.0 development XPI, and within a few weeks perhaps for the next official Zotero release).

    I've also sent a note to the CSL development list asking that an attribute or locale term for this be included in the next CSL language schema upgrade, so that it can be customized without hard-coded revisions to the processor.
  • cadudesun
    Great!
    This is an uniform practice at least in pt-BR.
  • cadudesun
    Hi! Could someone inform if nowadays the "big" dash in page range 1–15 can be changed to a "small" dash in CSL code?

    Please, see the following example: http://goo.gl/Q3UBxX

    Thanks!
  • fbennett
    edited May 4, 2014
    Yes, you can now do that in a CSL style by redefining the page-range-delimiter term in the locale. Which style will you be modifying?
  • adamsmith
    see e.g. the AMA style for an example:
    https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/blob/master/american-medical-association-alphabetical.csl#L23
  • cadudesun
    Many thanks for information. It is done! The style is the Brazilian ABNT-UFMG. Very soon we will release a major update. Best!
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