I recently switched from JabRef to BibDesk since JabRef is dependent on Java 
and Apple is dependent on making Java a major pain. I would like to 
automatically create cite keys that are in the same style as my existing 
bibliography. Currently my cite keys are like the following examples:

1) McCracken_2004 for a single author
2) McCracken_and_Maxwell_2004 for two authors
3) McCracken_et_al_2004 for 3 or more authors

The closest I can get to this with a custom cite key format is using the string:

%a[][_et_al]1_%Y

This works for works with one or three or more authors well, but this can’t 
handle instances with 2 authors. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there 
maybe a way to embed an if statement in my format string? Any help with this 
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.





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