added script to make conference proceedings really short. Updated the documentation

Makefile

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 BIB_ABBREVIATE ?= ./bib-abbreviate.pl
 
 # TODO: reinstate bibstring-crossrefs-abbrev.bib
-all: bibstring-unabbrev.bib bibstring-abbrev.bib bibroot crossrefs-abbrevv.bib docs/index.html
+all: bibstring-unabbrev.bib bibstring-abbrev.bib bibroot crossrefs-abbrevv.bib crossrefs-super-abbrev.bib docs/index.html
 
 BIBFILES := $(shell ls *.bib | grep -v bibstring-unabbrev.bib | grep -v bibstring-abbrev.bib)
 
 clean: bibtest-aux-clean
-	rm -f bibstring-unabbrev.bib bibstring-abbrev.bib bibroot bibtest.tex crossrefs-abbrev.bib crossrefs-abbrevv.bib
+	rm -f bibstring-unabbrev.bib bibstring-abbrev.bib bibroot bibtest.tex crossrefs-abbrev.bib crossrefs-abbrevv.bib crossrefs-super-abbrev.bib
 
 docs/index.html: README.md
 	asciidoctor $< --out-file=$@
@@ -27,17 +27,21 @@ bibstring-abbrev.bib: bibstring-master.bib $(BIB_ABBREVIATE)
 
 crossrefs-abbrev.bib: crossrefs.bib
 	@rm -f $@
-	awk '!/address =/' $< > temp
-	awk '!/month =/' temp > $@
-	rm temp
+	<crossrefs.bib sed \
+		-e '/address =/d' \
+		-e '/month =/d' >$@
 
 crossrefs-abbrevv.bib: crossrefs-abbrev.bib
 	@rm -f $@
-	sed '/title =/s/Proceedings/Proc./g' $< >temp
-	sed '/booktitle =/s/Proceedings/Proc./g' <temp >temp1
-	sed 's/International/Intl./g' <temp1 >temp2
-	sed 's/Conference/Conf./g' < temp2 >$@
-	rm temp*
+	<crossrefs-abbrev.bib sed \
+		-e '/title =/s/Proceedings/Proc./g' \
+		-e '/booktitle =/s/Proceedings/Proc./g' \
+		-e 's/International/Intl./g' \
+		-e 's/Conference/Conf./g' >$@
+
+crossrefs-super-abbrev.bib: crossrefs-abbrev.bib
+	@rm -f $@
+	python cref-abbrev.py
 
 ## TODO: write a new abbreviaton script, only for [book]titles
 # bibstring-crossrefs-abbrev.bib: bibstring-crossrefs-master.bib $(BIB_ABBREVIATE)

README.md

@@ -50,10 +50,33 @@ USAGE
 To choose the abbreviated (short) or unabbreviated (long) version of the
 bibliography strings, use one of these commands in your LaTeX file:
 
-    \bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-abbrevv}
-    \bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-abbrev}
+Most complete option. It will use full strings for journals
+(`bibstring-unabbrev`) and full proceedings info for conferences
+(`crossrefs`).
+
      \bibliography{bibstring-unabbrev,...,crossrefs}
 
+No month and address option. It will use short strings for journals
+(`bibstring-abbrev`) and full proceedings info for conferences, but
+omitting months and addresses.  (`crossrefs-abbrev`).
+
+    \bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-abbrev}
+
+Abbreviations option. It will use short strings for journals
+(`bibstring-abbrev`) and will shorten some words in the proceedings
+info for conferences (e.g. Proceedings --> Proc., Conference -->
+Conf.) as in `crossrefs-abbrevv`. 
+
+    \bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-abbrevv}
+
+Super-compressed option. It will use short strings for journals
+(`bibstring-abbrev`) and will shorten proceedings for conferences
+leaving only acronyms.  (e.g. ICSE 2017: Proceedings of the
+International Conference...--> ICSE 2017), as in
+`crossrefs-super-abbrev`.
+
+    \bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-super-abbrev}
+
 When using the bibliographies, add near the top of your LaTeX document:
 
     \usepackage{url}

cref-abbrev.py

+'''This script was written by Alessandra Gorla to create a super
+abbreviated version of the crossref bibliography. Given
+crossrefs-abbrev.bib, which already excludes month and address, this
+script keeps only the acronyms of the conferences, which are assumed
+to be before the ":".
+
+Thus, "ICSE 2017: Proceedings of the International Conference ..."
+will be reduced to "ICSE 2017".
+
+If title and booktitle do not include any ":" the script keeps the
+strings as they are.
+'''
+
+import re
+
+with open('crossrefs-super-abbrev.bib', 'w') as out_file:
+    with open('crossrefs-abbrev.bib') as cref_file:
+        for l in cref_file.readlines():
+            # this is the first line of title or booktitle, and we
+            # need to remove what comes after the :
+            if ("title =" in l):
+                s = re.sub(':.*$', '",', l)
+                out_file.write(s)            
+            # this is either another field that we should keep
+            # entirely (e.g. year =) or the first line of the entry @Proceedings
+            elif ("=" in l or "@" in l):
+                out_file.write(l)
+            # this is the last line with only } and possible spaces
+            elif (re.match(' *} *', l)):
+                out_file.write(l+"\n")
+            
+            # if the line does not fall in previous cases it means
+            # that it is a continuation of title/booktitle that should
+            # be discarded
+    

crossrefs-abbrev.bib

@@ -3416,10 +3416,10 @@
 }
 
 @Proceedings{LFP92,
-  title =	 "LFP '92: Proceedings 1992 ACM Conf. on Lisp and Functional
-                  Programming",
-  booktitle =	 "LFP '92: Proceedings 1992 ACM Conf. on Lisp and Functional
-                  Programming",
+  title =	 "LFP '92: Proceedings 1992 ACM Conference on Lisp and
+                  Functional Programming",
+  booktitle =	 "LFP '92: Proceedings 1992 ACM Conference on Lisp and
+                  Functional Programming",
   year =	 1992,
 }
 

crossrefs-abbrevv.bib

@@ -3416,10 +3416,10 @@
 }
 
 @Proceedings{LFP92,
-  title =	 "LFP '92: Proc. 1992 ACM Conf. on Lisp and Functional
-                  Programming",
-  booktitle =	 "LFP '92: Proc. 1992 ACM Conf. on Lisp and Functional
-                  Programming",
+  title =	 "LFP '92: Proc. 1992 ACM Conf. on Lisp and
+                  Functional Programming",
+  booktitle =	 "LFP '92: Proc. 1992 ACM Conf. on Lisp and
+                  Functional Programming",
   year =	 1992,
 }
 

docs/index.html

@@ -499,11 +499,47 @@ rather than one for each paper you write.</p>
 <p>To choose the abbreviated (short) or unabbreviated (long) version of the
 bibliography strings, use one of these commands in your LaTeX file:</p>
 </div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>Most complete option. It will use full strings for journals
+(<code>bibstring-unabbrev</code>) and full proceedings info for conferences
+(<code>crossrefs</code>).</p>
+</div>
+<div class="literalblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre>\bibliography{bibstring-unabbrev,...,crossrefs}</pre>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>No month and address option. It will use short strings for journals
+(<code>bibstring-abbrev</code>) and full proceedings info for conferences, but
+omitting months and addresses.  (<code>crossrefs-abbrev</code>).</p>
+</div>
+<div class="literalblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre>\bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-abbrev}</pre>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>Abbreviations option. It will use short strings for journals
+(<code>bibstring-abbrev</code>) and will shorten some words in the proceedings
+info for conferences (e.g. Proceedings -&#8594; Proc., Conference -&#8594;
+Conf.) as in <code>crossrefs-abbrevv</code>.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="literalblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre>\bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-abbrevv}</pre>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>Super-compressed option. It will use short strings for journals
+(<code>bibstring-abbrev</code>) and will shorten proceedings for conferences
+leaving only acronyms.  (e.g. ICSE 2017: Proceedings of the
+International Conference&#8230;&#8203;-&#8594; ICSE 2017), as in
+<code>crossrefs-super-abbrev</code>.</p>
+</div>
 <div class="literalblock">
 <div class="content">
-<pre>\bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-abbrevv}
-\bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-abbrev}
-\bibliography{bibstring-unabbrev,...,crossrefs}</pre>
+<pre>\bibliography{bibstring-abbrev,...,crossrefs-super-abbrev}</pre>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
@@ -683,7 +719,7 @@ example:</p>
 </div>
 <div id="footer">
 <div id="footer-text">
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+Last updated 2018-04-18 19:51:17 CEST
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