Here are some macros that I use; I was wondering if the new bib module has a better way to implement the following, since this sort of thing is used quite frequently in the author-date system that t-bib defaults to. See the examples in the following file (three depend on \cite[year] which has a problem--see previous mail). I would really appreciate suggestions for improving this-) Best Idris ==========test-bib-macros.tex========== % output=pdf interface=en \setupwhitespace[big] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \setupcite[authoryears][left={(},inbetween={ }, right={)}] \def\citeauthoryear[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][right={)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeyear[#1]{% {\cite[year][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthoryearpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][right={, #2)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeyearpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[year][right={, #2)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[year][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthorout[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={)},inbetween={ (}]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeleft[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={(}, right={, },inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeleftpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={(}, right={, #2; },inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citemiddle[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, },inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeright[#1]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citemiddlepage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2; },inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citerightpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ }]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \input test-bib.bbl \starttext % examples \dots as someone else pointed out \cite[afghani60]. \dots as someone else pointed out\citeauthoryear[afghani60]. %\dots as Afghani points out \cite[year][afghani60]. % crashes %\dots as Afghani points out \citeyear[afghani60]. % crashes %\citeyearpage[afghani60][p.~20]. % crashes \dots as someone else pointed out\citeauthoryearpage[afghani60][p.~20]. See \citeauthorout[afghani60]. See \citeauthoroutpage[afghani60][p.~20]. \dots as others have pointed out\citeleft[afghani60]% \citemiddle[afghani60]% \citeright[afghani60]. \dots as others have pointed out\citeleftpage[afghani60][p.~20]% \citemiddlepage[afghani60][p.~20]% \citerightpage[afghani60][p.~20]. % \citeypage[afghani60][p.~20] %(1956, p. 20) \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ========================================= ==============test-bib.bbl=============== \startpublication[k=afghani60, t=book, a=Afgh\=an\=i, y=1960, s=] \author[]{Sa\high{c}\=id}[]{}{Al-Afgh\=an\=i} \title{Asw\=aqu \~al-\high{c}Arab f\=i \~al-J\=ahiliyya\~h wa \~al-Isl\=am} \pubname{D\=aru \~al-Fikr} \city{Damascus} \pubyear{1960} \stoppublication ========================================= ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523