I want to switch to biblatex
but despite the rather minimal changes suggested in some answers to switching from natbib
, there's really a lot that seems to need changing. For example, the "In:" needs to go. The order of entries needs to change. The book edition field needs to change as well as move. Basically, there's a lot more to do than suggested in the answers to the first question.
Is there a simple way that I can start with a biblatex
style that behaves exactly like plainnat
(modulo the incompatible changes to the various fields like edition) and then tweak it from there?
It's not worth my time right now (deadlines, you understand) to start from numeric-comp
and then try to figure out what needs to change in order to match plainnat
. This is exacerbated by needing to have two slightly different versions of the .bib
(again, for things like edition) to test for differences.
Best Answer
I'm afraid the short answer is: Simple,
biblatex
, exactly likeplainnat
-- choose two out of three.Longer answer: As soon as you provide exact specifications in what way, say, the
numeric-comp
style needs to be modified in order to pass as an exactplainnat
replica, it should be possible to provide these modifications. (There's also the possibility that a custom style is a better starting point.) However, if you have to meet a deadline right now, I would advise to postpone the switch tobiblatex
.