Re: changing from \cite{1} to \cite{MacRae,2002}

[Rasmus]

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:

> Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
>
>> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>>
>>> I am using latex and working on a document all in
>>> emacs. I have been using the biblatex citation system
>>> with the style "numerical", but now want to use
>>> "authoryear".
>>
>> First, your post looks a complete mess! I don't know if
>> it is my Gnus but I doubt it as I haven't seen anything
>> that plain chaos (since my last birthday party at
>> least) - just type, man!
>
> Wrong! I don't know of any "man" called Sharon! :)
>>
>> Here is how to do it - the trick is to not have any
>> "operational" data in the biblatex file - just the
>> sources.
>>
>> For example, if you have the poor taste of taking an
>> interest in databases - in db.bib:
>>
>> @Book{mcfadden,
>> author = {McFadden and Hoffer and Prescott},
>> title = {Modern Database Management},
>> publisher = {Addison-Wesley},
>> year = 1998,
>> ISBN = {0-8053-6054-9},
>> edition = {5th edition}}
>>
>> Then, in db.tex, you keep everything to it that relates
>> to *your* activity (the pages in this example):
>>
>> \cite[pp. 233, 237]{mcfadden}
>>
>> You can see how it works in context here [1] - perhaps
>> there are a couple of settings in the .tex file that
>> prepare it all to work. Don't forget the Makefile so
>> you can invoke it all in one stroke.
>
> Yes, but! Your references appear in the text as numbers, i.e. [1]
> which is not what I'm after. I'm looking for "author/editor, year". 

So pass the option "natbib" or "author-year" or whatever you prefer to
biblatex.  See "texdoc biblatex", section "3.3.1 Citation Styles".

Or use biblatex-chicago. I use it like this:

\usepackage[authordate, natbib, backend=biber,citetracker=true,
  uniquename=mininit, ibidtracker=false, maxcitenames=2]{biblatex-chicago}

—Rasmus

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