Juris-M Abbreviations Issue

Manolo_BG
Hi everybody,

I have a question regarding the Juris-m abbreviations filter. I know that we usually use Frank's mailing list, but I read about his situation and I didn't want to burden him even more, he has already given so much back to the community.

I have been trying to input abbreviations from file in the abbreviations filter and it will just not work. Import from defaults does work. Does anyone have any ideas on how this could be fixed?
  • bknorn
    edited April 22, 2022
    You need to give some more details. What exactly is the problem? For me, the abbreviation filter works.
    See documentation: https://juris-m.readthedocs.io/en/latest/abbrevs.html
  • Manolo_BG
    I am aware of the documentation, my problem is this: if I open the 'manage abbreviations' menu and I import abbreviations from defaults, that works fine. However, if I choose to input abbreviations from file and I choose a .json file to input nothing happens.
  • bknorn
    Indeed, "Input from file" does not work, it seems. You can instead copy your .json file into the "juris-abbrevs" folder. Open the DIRECTORY_LISTING.json file there and add an entry for your .json file. Then you can find your personal list in the drop-down menu ("Select a resource") of default abbreviation lists.
  • Manolo_BG
    I cannot find the DIRECTORY_LISTING.json file, could you please tell me where it is located?
  • bknorn
    DIRECTORY_LISTING.json is in the "juris-abbrevs" folder among the other .json files with the abbreviation lists.
    N.B. Every time this file gets automatically updated (currently not very often...), you will need to redo your manual changes.
  • Manolo_BG
    Sorry to revive this thread after a long time, I know Juris-m is not officially supported in this forum anymore, but in the off-chance that anyone has any ideas, I am trying to incorporate abbreviations for publishers per OSCOLA, eg Oxford University Press should be OUP. I added the abbreviation under Institutions-part in the commonwealth secondary .json but it does not seem to be working. Any ideas?
  • bknorn
    As far as I know, publishers cannot be abbreviated using the Abbreviations tool of Jurism. The category "Institutions-part" is for court names (see https://juris-m.readthedocs.io/en/latest/abbrevs.html#selecting-an-abbreviation-category).

    There is a workaround: Add the publisher acronym to the publisher field as a different language "variant" (choose a language you would not use otherwise), and use this variant in the citations: Jurism Word processor plugin Document preferences -> Languages: check the language under "Translation" and set Publishers under "primary" to "lang" (see https://juris-m.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial.html#tutorial-multilingual-publications-and-bibliographies)
  • Manolo_BG
    Many thanks for the quick reply. Publishers do show in the abbreviations filter ui under institution part as you can see in the attached picture and I can manually insert the proper abbreviations, the only problem is that I have to do it every time I open the doc. My impression is that there should in principle be a way to incorporate them in the abbreviations files but my technical understanding is limited so let me know if I'm wrong.


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