For the problem with 'Diplomarbeit' as a BibTex-Item I use the solution if the babelbib-Package.
Insert
\useopackage{babelbib}
\usepackage[english,german]{babel}
\bibliographystyle{babalpha}
where the 'babalpha' is just an example, but here the 'bab...'-Styles have to be used.
Now you have to add a field 'language' to every (!) item in your bib-File, for example:
@mastersthesis{bib:dipme,
author = {Someone},
title= {something},
school = {somewhere},
year = {2012},
language = {german},
}
Now, it will not say, 'masters thesis' but 'Diplomarbeit'. With the field set to 'language= {english}' you keep 'masters thesis' (for this item).
As for the Eprints: I have no good idea. Whenever I am in a similar situation I just use the miscelaneous-type
The solution in this answer already shows how to fine tune the line breaking of URL's by specifying \UrlBreaks, \UrlBigBreaks, and \UrlNoBreaks.
To get a carriage return symbol at breaking points, we specify the breaking points as \UrlSpecials, that include the symbol when a line break occurs there.
\usepackage{dingbat} % for \carriagereturn symbol
\newcommand{\urllb}{\discretionary{\carriagereturn}{}{}}
\renewcommand{\UrlBreaks}{} % no standard breaking points
\renewcommand{\UrlBigBreaks}{}
\renewcommand{\UrlSpecials}{\do\.{\mathchar`\.\urllb}%
\do\/{\mathchar`\/\urllb}%
\do\@{\mathchar`\@\urllb}%
\do\\{\mathchar`\\\urllb}%
\do\-{\mathchar`\-\urllb}%
\do\#{\mathchar`\#\urllb}}% and so on
To specify breaking points by hand we use a symbol that hopefully won't occur in any URL like a star *, and make it a break URL's like the above symbols, but vanishing from the string:
\renewcommand{\UrlSpecials}{\do\*{\urllb}}
In order to have correct links with this solution the star needs to be filtered out from the link, too. We use the gorgeous solution of Qrrbrbirlbel:
\makeatletter
\def\strip@star#1*#2\@strip@star{%
\expandafter\def\expandafter\strip@star@result\expandafter{\strip@star@result#1}%
\if\relax\detokenize{#2}\relax\else
\def\strip@star@temp{#2}%
\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\strip@star\expandafter\strip@star@temp
\expandafter\@strip@star
\fi
}
\patchcmd{\hyper@linkurl}{\Hy@pstringdef\Hy@pstringURI{#2}}{%
\def\strip@star@result{}%
\expandafter\strip@star#2*\@strip@star
\Hy@pstringdef\Hy@pstringURI{\strip@star@result}%
}{}{}
\makeatother
Of course, both solutions can be mixed, i.e., we can specify the normal breaking points as \UrlSpecials, as well as the star for additional hand made breaking points.
Complete code:
\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@misc{reference,
title = {{Some dummy title in bib.}},
howpublished = {\url{http://docs.*oracle.com/*javase/*1.5.0/*docs/*rel*notes/*fea*tures.html#*concur*rency}},
note = {Last access: 12.03.2013},
}
\end{filecontents*}
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[margin=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{dingbat} % for \carriagereturn symbol
\newcommand{\urllb}{\discretionary{\carriagereturn}{}{}}
%% original breaking points of url package
% \def\UrlBreaks{\do\.\do\@\do\\\do\/\do\!\do\_\do\|\do\;\do\>\do\]%
% \do\)\do\,\do\?\do\'\do+\do\=\do\#}%
% \def\UrlBigBreaks{\do\:\do@url@hyp}%
\makeatletter
\g@addto@macro{\UrlNoBreaks}{\do\.} % do not break after dot '.'
\makeatother
\renewcommand{\UrlBreaks}{} % no standard breaking points
\renewcommand{\UrlBigBreaks}{}
\renewcommand{\UrlSpecials}{\do\_{\mathchar`\_\urllb}%
\do\/{\mathchar`\/\urllb}%
\do\@{\mathchar`\@\urllb}%
\do\\{\mathchar`\\\urllb}%
\do\-{\mathchar`\-\urllb}%
\do\#{\mathchar`\#\urllb}}% and so on
% \renewcommand{\UrlSpecials}{\do\*{\urllb}}
%% solution of Qrrbrbirlbel, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/103870/21591
\makeatletter
\def\strip@star#1*#2\@strip@star{%
\expandafter\def\expandafter\strip@star@result\expandafter{\strip@star@result#1}%
\if\relax\detokenize{#2}\relax\else
\def\strip@star@temp{#2}%
\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\strip@star\expandafter\strip@star@temp
\expandafter\@strip@star
\fi
}
\patchcmd{\hyper@linkurl}{\Hy@pstringdef\Hy@pstringURI{#2}}{%
\def\strip@star@result{}%
\expandafter\strip@star#2*\@strip@star
\Hy@pstringdef\Hy@pstringURI{\strip@star@result}%
}{}{}
\makeatother
\parindent0pt
\begin{document}
This is text with \cite{reference}.
Automatic breaking with carriage return symbol:
Text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/features.html#concurrency}
Text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/features.html#concurrency}
Text text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/features.html#concurrency}
Text text text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/features.html#concurrency}
Text text text text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/features.html#concurrency}
Text text text text text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/features.html#concurrency}
\bigskip
\renewcommand{\UrlSpecials}{\do\*{\urllb}}
Hand tuned URL breaking:
Text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.*oracle.com/*javase/*1.5.0/*docs/*rel*notes/*fea*tures.html#concur*rency}
Text text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.*oracle.com/*javase/*1.5.0/*docs/*rel*notes/*fea*tures.html#concur*rency}
Text text text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.*oracle.com/*javase/*1.5.0/*docs/*rel*notes/*fea*tures.html#concur*rency}
Text text text text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.*oracle.com/*javase/*1.5.0/*docs/*rel*notes/*fea*tures.html#concur*rency}
Text text text text text text text text text text text text
\url{http://docs.*oracle.com/*javase/*1.5.0/*docs/*rel*notes/*fea*tures.html#concur*rency}
\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
\bibliography{faramir2}
\end{document}
yields
All hail to Qrrbrbirlbel for the hard part.
Best Answer
Following egreg's advice I looked at
kp.bst(linked to from the arXiv page). This works, in that the arxiv references are now clickable; the.bstfile automatically generates the correct\hrefcommands forhyperreffrom thebibtexfields specified by the arXiv.As I prefer the
plain.bststyle (numbers instead of names, etc) I pulled the relevant functions out ofkp.bst, dropped them intohplain.bst, fiddled a bit, and renamed the mash-up,hyperplain.bst. If there is any interest I can email the file to the arXiv admins.