{sorting} is about sorting document elements. Use this tag in addition to other tags specifying what should be sorted.
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biblatex: Reverse numbering (i.e., count down)
I was wondering if it is possible to get the citation numbers to count down
[3] newest item
[2] item
[1] oldest item
in biblatex? I am sorting using either using sorting=none and entering in ...
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Is it possible to get unsrt + abbrv bibliography?
Is there a ready made BibTeX bibliography style file that both: (1) prints author names abbreviated (like abbrv) in the references section and (2) sorts references numerically in citation order (like ...
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BibTeX handling of the Dutch “van” name prefix with natbib
I want to produce the following with LaTeX/BibTeX:
In the running text:
... we refer the reader to the work of Van Noort (2010).
In the bibliography:
Thomas van Noort. An important paper. ...
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How to sort an alphanumeric list
I have been trying to find a package or a method to sort lists of names in an easy manner in TeX/LaTeX. I have tried some of the routines in the xfor package, as well as looked at some of the new ...
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biblatex sorting by date
I have written my own biblatex style for citing jurisdiction. I realized that the sorting in the bibliography is not chronological within the years. I addressed the date field to each bibliography ...
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Multibib reverse label or sort order
I'm using multibib. I manually set the order of the bibliography. I would like the order of the numbered items to be reversed. For example, my document has:
\nociteX{Foo}
\nociteX{Bar}
And the ...
12
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Symbol index sorted by occurrence
I would like to make an symbol index which is sorted by occurence of symbol.
For example: Something like
... $\omega$\index{$\omega$} ... $A^P_k$\index{$A^P_k$} ... $\{\}$\index{$\{\}$}
should ...
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biblatex - quote in chronological order but bibliography list must be alphabetical order
I want to use more than one type of specification in my bibliography. I want to quote in chronological order but have the bibliography list in alphabetical order.
If I am quoting 2-3 references in ...
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Sorting preamble packages thematically while accounting for compulsory load orders
Within a document's preamble (or a custom "preamble" package), at times there's the need to take compulsory load orders for certain packages into account. Most packages must be loaded before the ...
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How to enter publications “in press”, or “submitted to” in BibTeX?
Is there a convention for how to enter publications that are "in preparation" or "submitted to Some Journal" into a BibTeX database?
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1answer
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Sorting according to more than one key in pgfplotstable
Is it possible to sort rows of a pgfplotstable according to multiple keys?
For example, input file is as follows:
Mtx Kind P Sp
A LP 16 4.2
C OPT 16 72.5
A LP 64 20.3
B OPT 16 ...
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Sorting Comma Separated Lists defined with, or without macro
I would like to be able to sort a comma separated list.
Before I resort to writing something that would require \ensureunix :-) and having that do the sort for me, I thought I'd make an attempt to ...
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Applying \lowercase to index entries
I would like to sort the index entries independent of case.
Initially I was getting (code provided in MWE) the image on the left. So, that seemed like an easy fix: just apply \lowercase (uncomment ...
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Is there a BibTeX style that sorts references in reverse chronological order?
I am putting together a CV in latex, and I am trying to get my list of publications to display in reverse chronological order. I can use \bibliographystyle{unsrt} as a workaround, and just order the ...
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Sorting the bibliography by entry type
I am using BibTeX. For overall configuration I use a .cls file. I am looking for a way to sort the bibliography in this order: Books, articles, and miscellaneous. Currently all types of materials get ...
9
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Bibtex reverse numbering
For my CV, I would like to reverse number publications (i.e., starting from the total number of publications all the way down to 1). Is this possible with plain LaTeX and BibTeX?
This question is ...
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1answer
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Different sorting schemes in different sections of bibliography
Update 5-Sep-2012: Sorry for highjacking this question, but as the status of the accepted selected answer has changed (now multiple sorting is implemented with biber/biblatex), and I think it is a ...
9
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1answer
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biblatex: merge the list of shorthands into the bibliography
Using biblatex, is it possible to merge the list of shorthands into the bibliography?
The goal is to have a single alphabetical list of references, regardless of whether they are cited in shorthand ...
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Sorting index entries with accented words
Friends, I'm struggling for some time with this disturbance in the TeX force:
I have a set of words in Portuguese which are accented. When sorting these words, we treat accented letters the same way ...
2
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1answer
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How to change order of a bibliography style manually (bilingual bibliography)
I've got a bilingual bibliography (Russian and German).
I want to sort the entries alphabetically. The Russian entries have to appear alphabetically as well. Unfortunately, since the authors names are ...
10
votes
1answer
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A tool for creating a dictionary with right-to-left script
I'm trying to typeset a dictionnary, using Arabic script. I would like to create a list of words in three columns, with Arabic word in right column aligned to the right, its Polish translation aligned ...
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Sectioning bibliography by type of refered item
My promoteur has a very unusual requirement: the bibliography needs to be sorted first by specific type of refered item, next by author and by year of publication.
I managed to get this custom ...
6
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1answer
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bibliography with per-author numbering (and author-year sort)
I'm working on a new edition of a book which uses a very unusual style of bibliography: Entries are sorted in author-year fashion, but then numbered per author or group of authors, e.g.:
Milnor, J.:
...
6
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2answers
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sorting multiple bibliographies in biblatex
I have a thesis which has two bibliographies. It includes a list of publications and a reference list.
The reference list should be unsorted, or rather, sorted in order of appearance, while the list ...
3
votes
1answer
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Nomenclature sorting and latex code coming first
I am using LyX, which uses Nomenclature package, I guess. As you see in the screenshot 1, \hat{p} comes before everything else. How can I send it back where the other p's are?
Many thanks.
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Biblatex, capitalization of arabic names and name prefixes
As we know, using the useprefix option, when name prefixes like von, della etc. are present in the bibliography, enables us to change name sorting as well as capitalize those prefixes using commands ...
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Unsorted citations and floats
In attempting to answer this question Citations in order of appearance it's clear that unsorted citation schemes (ones in which the citations are numbered simply by order of appearance) can be easily ...
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Sort thebibliography by citation order
Can thebibliography be sorted by citation order?
Or is there a solution with an inlined bibliography that can be sorted?
Not having an additional .bib file would be preferable.
My current ...
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How to get sequential references in my paper?
I'm using TeXnicCenter to write my all document and generate my bib file by using JabRef. However I noticed that my references are out of order. It seems the addition order to JabRef file forces the ...
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votes
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Sort subsections alphabetically
We need to make a paper that describes a list of interfaces. The assignment however says we need to sort the interfaces alphabetically. Because this list is quite long (20+) I am looking for a way to ...
3
votes
2answers
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How can I get the style alpha.bst sorted as plain.bst in Bibtex?
I like alphanumerical citations written as in alpha.bst style, with initials of authors and years, but I would like references to appear sorted as in plain.bst style. As an example, I prefer the order
...
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Problem using package acronym
I am using acronym package to create the list of Acronyms. I am using Acronym1.tex containing the definition of all the acronyms. However here is the list of problems I am facing.
I have to sort the ...
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Farsi alphabet order for glossary
I am using glossaries with makeidx in a Farsi document with xepersian. Currently it sorts the output using Arabic alphabet order and places words starting with گ, چ, پ and ژ at the end of list. How ...
8
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Create arbitrary sorting of index entries
How does one go about setting an arbitrary sorting order in an index? For example, I would like to create an index of citations to Roman and canon law, which should not be sorted alphabetically. ...
7
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BibLaTeX: how to sort references by year within the citation
I am using biblatex with the following command: \usepackage[citestyle=numeric-comp,sorting=none]{biblatex}, and then add muptiple citations with, e.g. \cite{Lamont1985, Sorin1983}.
I need the ...
7
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BibLaTeX: sorting alphabetically with non-latin characters (Ś)
Biblatex indexing works very well with latin names. But when an author has foreign name (Łukasiewicz) the Ł letter is changed to \IeC {\L} and makeindex is not able to sort it well. In Polish it ...
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Make nomenclature sort math correctly
I am sorting my nomenclature as suggested by the nomencl package documentation, but \dot{q} is being sorted before a and v, where as the desired sort is:
a
\dot{q}
v
The existence of a default ...
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Overrule numeric-comp sorting for one \cite command
I am using biblatex with the numeric-comp citation style, which sorts&compresses citations.
E.g. \cite{C,A,E,B} ... \cite{D} becomes "[1-3,5] ... [4]" (with 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D and 5=E).
In ...
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Biblatex/biber keep cycling and not settle when using custom sort
I'm trying to do a custom sort: citation order -> year/month -> author -> title
I think I got it in the style in the code below. However, when I run it: pdflatex -> biber -> pdflatex -> pdflatex. ...
5
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Properly sort index containing utf8 characters?
If my input file is utf8 encoded, how to I create an index where the entries are properly sorted?
Minimal example
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex
...
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biblatex continuous reverse numbering through categories
The answer to Citing a certain type of reference ... almost perfectly solves my problem, but I would like to have the my cv sorted with continuous counting:
**Articles**
[5] great Article 2
[4] great ...
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Editor as sortname only when there is no author?
I edited the authoryear.bbx for biblatex the following way:
\DeclareNameAlias{author}{sortname}
%\DeclareNameAlias{editor}{sortname} this I commented out
%\DeclareNameAlias{translator}{sortname} ...
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How to alphabetize all of the parts, chapters, sections, and content of an entire document in ConTeXt?
I have a document that is structured like this:
\part{Birds}
\chapter{North America}
\section{West Coast}
\mymacro{Bald Eagle}
\mymacro{Spotted Owl}
...
