[OS X TeX] Re: apalike bib style

[mark oilcan]

--- Alan Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz> wrote:

> Adam,
> 
> Are you saying this is a known issue with the package, or are you  
> advocating natbib?
> 
> Thanks
> Alan
> 
> On Aug 17, 2006, at 4:05 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Aug 16, 2006, at 20:38, Alan Litchfield wrote:
> >
> >> OK. That's odd and I have never seen that before with apalike or  
> >> apacite. Could you send one or two of the entries from the bib file?
> >
> > If you use \usepackage{natbib} the problem with square brackets and  
> > apalike should go away.
> >
> 

I believe this is standard latex behavior. Using a package like natbib gets
rid of those square brackets. Also, look at the command \citestyle to modify
the look of the in-text citations.

Mark A


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