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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On 15.01.2009, at 13:58, Richard J Benish
wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Since I'm now in a writing class that
requires MLA style format, I greatly appreciate Ryan Aycock's MLA
Package and the posting:<br>
<br>
http://www.1984produkts.com/donkeyhottie/archives/2008/05/05/how-to-w<span
></span>rite-a-simple-english-humanities-paper-in-latex/<br>
<br>
This works well to get the paper proper in the right format.<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, the "Works Cited" at the end is not in the
format we need and I don't know how to change it. Is there a simple
way to get this section to look, not like Aycock's sample paper, but
like James Clawson's samples?:<br>
<br>
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex-mla.h<span
></span>tml<br>
<br>
<br>
I've tried to follow Clawson's installation instructions:<br>
<br>
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/b<span
></span>iblatex-mla/README<br>
<br>
but I can't find a "cbx" folder or a "bbx" folder
in which the "mla.cbx" and "mla.bbx" files are
supposed to go.<br>
<br>
Is this due to a Windows/Mac conflict?<br>
<br>
Trying to format in LaTex is not easy. Does a template exist somewhere
that will just work without any headaches?</blockquote>
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The biblatex-mla style requires the biblatex package which, so far, is
not part of the standard TeXLive installation. Chances or high that
you don't have that installed, so you need to install it first (which
is quite easy to do). Download biblatex from CTAN
(http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex/ ) and
install it in your personal tree (~/Library/texmf ). You then have a
cbx and bb folder inside the biblatex folder where you can put the MLA
style files.<br>
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<div>Thank you very much. I am downloading biblatex as I write.</div>
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<div>On the download page there is an instruction that scares me a
little:</div>
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<div><font face="Courier" size="-4" color="#000000">Don't forget to
update the file hash tables (also known as the file<br>
name database) after installing the files. On teTeX and TeX Live<br>
systems, run texhash as root ('sudo texhash').</font></div>
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<div>Last time (which was also the first time) I tried doing something
from the Terminal I didn't get anywhere. Somebody in this forum
assessed that my Permissions or Password or something weren't in the
proper order. Does the above instruction mean I'd have to figure out
how to use (my presently uncooperative) Terminal?</div>
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<div>Thanks again.</div>
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<div>Richard Benish</div>
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