problem with natbib (style: chicago-fa)

[eliadb]

I am using xepersian with hyperref and natbib (bibliograpgystyle: chicago-fa). The problem is this: If a reference with two authors is cited in a way that the first author's namepositioned is at the end of one line and the second author's name at the beginning of the next line, the whole text in these two lines (instead of the names and the year) will be linked to the bib entry.

P.S. I am using the texlive distribution included in Debian Buster.

[davidcarlisle]

Getting links right in the scope of direction changes is tricky, and the issue might be in hyperref or the chicago-fa bib style rather than here, but if you add a small example file that shows the problem we might be able to debug.

Please show clearly what output you expect, most of the people with write access to this repository or to hyperref can not read right to left scripts, so it is sometimes hard to spot things that are obviously wrong to someone who can read the document.

Is the issue just with the chicago-fa style or does it apply to any entry that has a linebreak in the standard styles? If it is just with the chicago-fa style it may be best to raise first with the maintainers of that style as listed in the ctan page https://ctan.org/pkg/persian-bib

[eliadb]

Here is a minimal working example:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage[pdfusetitle]{hyperref}
\usepackage{xepersian}
\settextfont[
Script=Arabic,
ItalicFont=Nazli,
ItalicFeatures={FakeSlant=0.25},
]{Nazli}
\setlatintextfont{Liberation Serif}
\begin{document}
    سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام
    \cite{Staniforth2012Horizontal}
    سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام سلام
\bibliographystyle{chicago-fa}
\bibliography{main}

\end{document}

main.bib

@Article{Staniforth2012Horizontal,
  author    = {Staniforth, Andrew and Thuburn, John},
  title     = {Horizontal grids for global weather and climate prediction models: a review},
  journal   = {Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society},
  year      = {2012},
  volume    = {138},
  number    = {662},
  pages     = {1-26},
  authorfa  = { استنیفورث and توبرن },
  doi       = {10.1002/qj.958},
  eprint    = {https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.958},
}

[davidcarlisle]

@eliadb you closed this? Have you moved it elsewhere or did you solve the issue?

[eliadb]

@eliadb you closed this? Have you moved it elsewhere or did you solve the issue?

I accidentally closed it. I didn't know how to re-open it. I posted an example above.

[davidcarlisle]

@eliadb reopened:-)

[eliadb]

@eliadb reopened:-)

Thanks!

[eliadb]

Is the issue just with the chicago-fa style or does it apply to any entry that has a linebreak in the standard styles?

I just tested it with plainnat-fa and asa-fa. It happens regardless of the bibliography style.

[FrankMittelbach]

Am 20.01.20 um 14:57 schrieb Eliad:

I just tested it with plainnat-fa and asa-fa. It happens regardless of the bibliography style.

and what happens with "plain" or "plainnat"? or does that question makes no sense?

[eliadb]

and what happens with "plain" or "plainnat"? or does that question makes no sense?

The same thing happens with "plainnat" (It just uses the author field instead of authorfa). It doesn't happen with "plain", since it uses numbers and not name and year (hence no line breaks).

[eliadb]

Please show clearly what output you expect, most of the people with write access to this repository or to hyperref can not read right to left scripts, so it is sometimes hard to spot things that are obviously wrong to someone who can read the document.

If you use \bibliographystyle{plainnat}, the only parts of the text that should be hyperlinked are the names and the year (in square brackets), i.e. Staniforth and Thuburn [۲۰۱۲].

[u-fischer]

I have some doubts that it is possible to solve this. I can find nothing in the dvipdfm(x) documentation about direction changes for the bann/eann special. You could try to ask on the dvipdfmx mailing list: https://tug.org/pipermail/dvipdfmx/

[eliadb]

Is there a way to prevent line breaks in these situations? That could be a temporary fix.

[davidcarlisle]

\mbox{\cite{....}} ?

[eliadb]

\mbox{\cite{....}} ?

That is overkill and causes overfull lines. We just need to prevent line breaks between the names.

[eliadb]

As a temporary measure, I have defined \mbcite:

\newcommand{\mbcite}[1]{\mbox{\citeauthor{#1}} (\citeyear{#1}) }