#985 closed defect (fixed)
Generated Biblographies Should Not Include Two Breaks After Each Reference
| Reported by: | tjowens | Owned by: | simon |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
| Component: | export | Version: | 1.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | erazlogo |
Description
Bibliographies created with both the plugin's and Zotero's general bibliography export include two paragraph breaks after each entry. There should only be one break. See (http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/2252/?Focus=11183#Comment_11183)
These kinds of spacing issues can be customized to each style through CSL.
Change History (8)
comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by simon
- Cc erazologo added
comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by simon
- Cc erazlogo added; erazologo removed
comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by erazlogo
Yes, we should use this, but I tried <option name="entry-spacing" value="1"/> in Chicago but it didn't seemed to make a difference--there was still an extra line between entries in bibliography. Am I doing this right? Also, shouldn't the default be "1" so if nothing is defined, there is no extra space?
comment:4 follow-up: ↓ 7 Changed 9 years ago by simon
0 should give you the behavior you want, since it's a measure of spacing, not the number of line breaks. Let me know if this doesn't work.
Should the default be 0? AFAIK, APA and MLA both use double-spacing between entries, but I could be wrong.
comment:5 Changed 9 years ago by erazlogo
Ok, 0 works for Chicago so I'm closing the ticket--I'm going to assume you're right about APA and MLA. Bruce has been complaining about this feature on the forums--I'm not sure what he means there. Please reopen if necessary.
1 as the default is fine--I just was confused about how the option worked--thanks for explaining.
comment:6 Changed 9 years ago by erazlogo
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
comment:7 in reply to: ↑ 4 Changed 8 years ago by erazlogo
Replying to simon:
Should the default be 0? AFAIK, APA and MLA both use double-spacing between entries, but I could be wrong.
Simon--
Are you sure that APA uses double-spacing between entries? This guys claims otherwise:
and this resource doesn't mention an extra line between entries:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/
I'm going to go ahead and make the change but I don't have the actual printed manual so let me know if I'm wrong.
Elena
comment:8 Changed 8 years ago by erazlogo
Simon, perhaps the default should be 0 not 1--people keep complaining about this on forums over and over--it doesn't seem like 1 line as default is what people expect:
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/3897/unwanted-blank-lines-between-references/#Item_9
Elena
I don't think this complaint applies to all styles, but we already have an option in CSL, entry-spacing, that lets us manipulate this. Elena, should we use this to remove the second break in Chicago?