For formatting of author names, let’s locate the FUNCTION format.names. You will see inside the function there is something like
"{ff~}{vv~}{ll}{, jj}" format.name$
This governs how a name is formatted. ff stands for first name, vv for von part, ll for last name, and jj for suffix, such as Sr. and Jr. This format says that the first name is followed immediately (separated by only a space but not a line-break) by the von part, which in turn is immediately followed by last name. After the last name comes a comma and a space, then the suffix. As another example, see the acm style:
"{vv~}{ll}{, jj}{, f.}" format.name$
This format indicates that the von part is presented in the front, immediately followed by last name, then a comma, a space and the suffix. First name goes in the very last, followed by a period. Note that ff means to display the first name fully, while f means that only the initial letter of the first name is displayed.
You will notice that in the acm style, all the letters of a name, except the initial letter, are typeset in smallcaps. This is because in the FUNCTION format.authors, there is a line of code
author format.names scapify
where scapify is another function that small-capifies the lower case letters.
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1 comment:
Hey, thanks for this. I've searched elsewhere for info on how to change the bibliography from being first name first to last name first, but everyone just recommends changing style or changing package (using natbib right now). This is exactly what I needed to know, and my natbib plain-style is now in Norwegian with last name first, and authors separated with semi-colon -- thanks!
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