[Rd] BibTeX entries in CITATION file

[Achim Zeileis]

On Thu, 22 Nov 2012, Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini wrote:

> On 22/11/12 17:36, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> On 22/11/2012 11:28 AM, Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini wrote:
>>> Dear List,
>>> 
>>> While trying to define a customised CITATION file for a package,
>>> following R-exts, I realised that if I use only one 'citEntry' I got
>>> both a text description and a BibTex entry for the package, as for the
>>> 'nlme' package:
>>> 
>>> --------------------------
>>> citation('nlme')
>>> 
>>> To cite package 'nlme' in publications use:
>>> 
>>> Jose Pinheiro, Douglas Bates, Saikat DebRoy, Deepayan Sarkar and the
>>> R Development Core Team (2012). nlme: Linear and Nonlinear Mixed
>>> Effects Models. R package version 3.1-105.
>>> 
>>> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
>>> 
>>> @Manual{,
>>> title = {nlme: Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models},
>>> author = {Jose Pinheiro and Douglas Bates and Saikat DebRoy and
>>> Deepayan Sarkar and {R Core Team}},
>>> year = {2012},
>>> note = {R package version 3.1-105},
>>> }
>>> 
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> 
>>> 
>>> BUT, if I use two or more 'citEntry' in the CITATION file (e.g., for the
>>> manual and a book), the bibTeX entries are NOT shown any more, and only
>>> the text description for the two or more entries are shown, as for the
>>> 'boot' package:
>>> 
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> citation('boot')
>>> 
>>> To cite the 'boot' package in publications use:
>>> 
>>> Angelo Canty and Brian Ripley (2012). boot: Bootstrap R (S-Plus)
>>> Functions. R package version 1.3-7.
>>> 
>>> Davison, A. C. & Hinkley, D. V. (1997) Bootstrap Methods and Their
>>> Applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN
>>> 0-521-57391-2
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> 
>>> Is there any way to show the two bib entries for cases similar to the
>>> 'boot' package ?
>> 
>> toBibtex(citation("boot"))
>> 
>> should do it.
>> 
>
>
> Thank you very much Achim and Duncan.
>
> However, I was not clear enough. My question is if there is any way in which 
> I should modify the CITATION file of my package in order to show the two or 
> more bib entries automatically. For example, when you type:
>
> citation("boot")
>
> my expected output is something like:
>
> ------------
> To cite the 'boot' package in publications use:
>
> Angelo Canty and Brian Ripley (2012). boot: Bootstrap R (S-Plus)
> Functions. R package version 1.3-7.
>
> Davison, A. C. & Hinkley, D. V. (1997) Bootstrap Methods and Their
> Applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN
> 0-521-57391-2
>
> BibTeX entries for for LaTeX users are:
>
> ....
> ....
>
> ----------------
>
> Is there any way in which I can achieve this ?

No, this is currently not possible. format.bibentry() always omits the 
BibTeX if there are 2 or more entries (in style = "citation").

The CRAN web page for the package always displays all BibTeX entries 
though: http://CRAN.R-project.org/web/packages/boot/citation.html

>
> Mauricio
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