Putting a ; character in a reference comment

[drleper]

I'm having a problem including a semi-colon in some custom text before a reference. If I put this in the reference window (Edit Citation);

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\my text \Wells and Quinlivan, 2008, Law and Human Behavior, 33, 1-24

then reference scans properly on looks like this;
(my text Wells & Quinlivan, 2008).
which is normal.

However, if I include a semi-colon in my reference text;

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\my text; \Wells and Quinlivan, 2008, Law and Human Behavior, 33, 1-24

then the reference doesn't scan correctly and looks like this;
(text; Wells and Quinlivan, 2008, Law and Human Behavior, 33, 1-24).

So in other words, I can't seem to use a semi-colon in some custom text before a reference. Is this a bug or am I doing something stupid?

Thanks.

btw, I am scanning to APA 5th style.

[nicka]

Are you using Bookends or Sente? It might very well be the responsibility of the bibliography app to get this stuff right.

[drleper]

I'm using Bookends. Could be a Bookends bug?

[nicka]

Could be. How about asking on the Bookends forum?

[jda]

Hi,

This is a function of Bookends, not Mellel. Bookends will treat the multiple citation separator as the end of a citation, even if it occurs in "quoted text". The solution is to either use some other appropriate punctuation, or to change the multiple citation separator that Bookends uses to / or * in Bookends preferences (Scan & Bib tab).

Jon
Sonny Software

[drleper]

Thanks Jon, changing that option sorted it out.