comma before "et al" + parentheses in italic

fpantin
Hi,

I am trying to modify a style. There are two things that I cannot resolve:

- add a comma before "et al" in the bibliography section. I have tried

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

but now a space is staying between first author's name and "et al", just like that:
Toto A , et al (2010)


- i need to italicize both parentheses and citation number in the text. I have tried
<citation>
<option name="collapse" value="citation-number"/>
<sort>
<key variable="citation-number"/>
</sort>
<layout prefix="(" suffix=")" delimiter=", " font-style="italics">
<text variable="citation-number" font-style="italic"/>
</layout>
</citation>

but only the citation number is italicized, not the parentheses.


Thanks by advance
  • adamsmith
    I don't think either is possible.
    For the second one, if you do:
    <layout delimiter=", " font-style="italic">
    <text variable="citation-number" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
    </layout>

    you'll get all in italics, but then citations with two elements are (2)(3) instead of (2, 3)
    (more than two work correctly again.

    I know that the first one will be possible with csl 1.0 and I'd figure the 2nd one is, too, but not sure about that.
  • fpantin
    Thanks for answer. I will edit some citations by hand... waiting for csl1.0! When would it be expected?
  • adamsmith
    it's currently being tested in the trunk version of Zotero.
    You can test if you want - but are strongly discouraged from using this with real work or important data.

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