On Nov 13, 2014, at 22:55, Jason Tilley wrote:
> 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.
No, this level of complexity is not supported.
Christiaan
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