Hi,
I'm trying to implement a custom bibliography rendering where in-text citations (specifically, citations with alternative=entry) are not identical to the entries in the bibliography list. Following a pattern I've seen in publ-imp-chicago.mkvi, I've been able to implement most of the features I'm interested in by using conditional formatting with a mode that is specifically set for citations with the "entry" alternative. I'd also like for author names in entry citations to be different author names in list entries, in the following ways:
- In entry citations, authorconversion should be normal, while in list entries, authorconversion should be inverted (more specifically, the first name should be inverted, while all subsequent names should be in normal order...but if this is too complicated, then it may be an issue for another e-mail thread, and we can just focus on normal vs. inverted for now).
- In entry citations, "et al." should be used for any names after the third name, while in list entries, all names should be printed in full.
I thought that the following settings would work:
\definebtx
[sbl:\s!list]
[sbl]
[\c!otherstext=,
\c!etallimit=,
\c!etaldisplay=,
\c!etaloption=,
\c!authorconversion=inverted] % TODO: need to print the first name inverted, with all subsequent names in normal order
\definebtx
[sbl:\s!cite]
[sbl]
[\c!otherstext={\btxspace\btxlabeltext{others}}, % use et al. for truncated author / editor list
\c!etallimit=3, % don't use et al. for 3 or fewer authors
\c!etaldisplay=3, %
\c!authorconversion=\v!normal] % by default, use normal name order for in-text citations
But only the "list" settings seem to be used. I suspect this might be because the setup for "entry" citations invokes \btxhandleciteentry and therefore uses "list" settings everywhere except where I check modes for conditional formatting. But is there a command or environment I can use to change authorconversion locally, based on the current mode, in the helper methods I've defined for rendering bibliography entries?
Thanks!
Joey