mciteplus_doc.pdf.

3 BIBSTYLE (.BST) MODIFICATION 14
INTEGERS {would.add.period.textlen}
FUNCTION {would.add.period}
{ duplicate$
add.period$
text.length$
’would.add.period.textlen :=
duplicate$
text.length$
would.add.period.textlen =
{ #0 }
{ #1 }
if$
}
FUNCTION {fin.entry}
{ would.add.period
{ "\relax" * write$ newline$
"\mciteBstWouldAddEndPuncttrue" write$ newline$
"\mciteSetBstMidEndSepPunct{\mcitedefaultmidpunct}"
write$ newline$
"{\mcitedefaultendpunct}{\mcitedefaultseppunct}\relax"
}
{ "\relax" * write$ newline$
"\mciteBstWouldAddEndPunctfalse" write$ newline$
"\mciteSetBstMidEndSepPunct{\mcitedefaultmidpunct}"
write$ newline$
"{}{\mcitedefaultseppunct}\relax"
}
if$
write$
newline$
"\EndOfBibitem" write$
}
% end mciteplus fin.entry
The \mciteSetBstMidEndSepPunct line is broken into two lines (after the first argument) to prevent BibT E X
from breaking what would be a long single line (over 80 columns) at an unacceptable place.
By providing a way for the .bst to tell mciteplus not to use an end period if BibT E X’s add.period$ command
would not, we avoid the double end period problem. The \mciteBstWouldAddEndPuncttrue/false flag does
not in itself do anything. However, if set appropriately by the .bst, it can be employed by the user in the
definition custom punctuation via \mciteSetMidEndSepPunct.
Other .bst files may hardcode values other than the defaults and/or use more complex conditions as is
needed for that particular bibstyle.
The \EndOfBibitem is defined by mciteplus.sty as a macro containing \relax. Although it does nothing at
present, it’s purpose is to make it easier to identify the end of each bibliography entry for the purposes of
inspection or parsing.
3.1 Sorting Bibstyles
Perhaps surprisingly, it is possible to use mciteplus with sorting bibstyles. The difficulty is that BibT E X
must keep an entry group together, in citation order with the tails immediately following their respective
head, despite sorting the entries. This is possible with the use of special bibstyle code if the user is willing
and able to declare all the tails via a special entry field “mcitetail”, which should be set to “yes” for each tail,