I finally managed to create a solution using biblatex. This package by default replaces recurring author or editor names with a dash, and the macros involved can be redefined to achieve "grouping by author":
- Set the
\bibnamesep length (which controls the spacing between different authors) to a positive value;
- Redefine
\bibnamedash (which is invoked to typset the "recurring" dash) to do nothing;
- Create a new macro
\authoryearpunct that a) starts a new line b) for this line, undoes the hanging indentation controlled by the \bibhang length c) capitalizes the following string (e.g. "Editor")
- Insert this macro at the appropriate places (whenever author/editor names are actually typeset);
- Reformat the year (brackets instead of braces, no period).
Annotations like "Editor" and "Translator" will be typeset at the start of the new line, which accounts for the possibility that the same person is author of one cited work and editor/translator of another.
EDIT: Your style example includes no works with editor instead of author. That said, it should be possible to put the "editor" annotation after the year (immediately before the title).
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\setlength{\bibnamesep}{\baselineskip}
\renewcommand*{\bibnamedash}{}
\newcommand*{\authoryearpunct}{\\\hspace*{-\bibhang}\bibsentence}
\renewcommand*{\labelnamepunct}{\addspace}
\makeatletter
\renewbibmacro*{date+extrayear}{%
\iffieldundef{year}
{}
% {\printtext[parens]{\printdateextra}}}% DELETED
{\printtext[brackets]{\printdateextra}}}% NEW
\renewbibmacro*{author}{%
\ifboolexpr{
test \ifuseauthor
and
not test {\ifnameundef{author}}
}
{\usebibmacro{bbx:dashcheck}
{\bibnamedash}
{\usebibmacro{bbx:savehash}%
\printnames{author}%
% \iffieldundef{authortype}% DELETED
% {\setunit{\addspace}}% DELETED
% {\setunit{\addcomma\space}}}% DELETED
\setunit{\authoryearpunct}}% NEW
\iffieldundef{authortype}
{}
{\usebibmacro{authorstrg}%
\setunit{\addspace}}}%
{\global\undef\bbx@lasthash
\usebibmacro{labeltitle}%
\setunit*{\addspace}}%
\usebibmacro{date+extrayear}}
\renewbibmacro*{bbx:editor}[1]{%
\ifboolexpr{
test \ifuseeditor
and
not test {\ifnameundef{editor}}
}
{\usebibmacro{bbx:dashcheck}
{\bibnamedash}
{\printnames{editor}%
% \setunit{\addcomma\space}% DELETED
\setunit{\authoryearpunct}% NEW
\usebibmacro{bbx:savehash}}%
\usebibmacro{#1}%
\clearname{editor}%
\setunit{\addspace}}%
{\global\undef\bbx@lasthash
\usebibmacro{labeltitle}%
\setunit*{\addspace}}%
\usebibmacro{date+extrayear}}
\renewbibmacro*{bbx:translator}[1]{%
\ifboolexpr{
test \ifusetranslator
and
not test {\ifnameundef{translator}}
}
{\usebibmacro{bbx:dashcheck}
{\bibnamedash}
{\printnames{translator}%
% \setunit{\addcomma\space}% DELETED
\setunit{\authoryearpunct}% NEW
\usebibmacro{bbx:savehash}}%
\usebibmacro{translator+othersstrg}%
\clearname{translator}%
\setunit{\addspace}}%
{\global\undef\bbx@lasthash
\usebibmacro{labeltitle}%
\setunit*{\addspace}}%
\usebibmacro{date+extrayear}}
\makeatother
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{a01,
author = {Author, A.},
year = {2001},
title = {Alpha},
}
@misc{a02,
author = {Author, A.},
year = {2002},
title = {A title that goes to great lengthts in expounding the matter at hand and therefore doesn't fit into one line},
}
@misc{b03,
editor = {Buthor, B.},
year = {2003},
title = {Bravo},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\nocite{*}
\begin{document}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
EDIT: Somehow this worked without the \makeatletter-\makeatother combo. Added nevertheless.
Best Answer
If you're willing to switch to
biblatex, here's how to disable itsfirstinitsoption for a single entry. (Note thatstyle=numeric,firstinits=trueis thebiblatexequivalent toabbrv.bst.)