Abbreviations not in Italics

[folofjc]

Per the biblatex-sbl document page 15 under shorthand, it states that if both shorthand and shorttitle are the same, then it assumes that shorthand is short for the title and therefore should be italicized. This works in footnotes, but not in the list of abbreviations. Here is a MWE:

\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt]{book}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage[variant=us]{english}
\usepackage[english=american]{csquotes} 

\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{customstyles.dbx}
  \DeclareDatamodelEntrytypes{tdict}
\end{filecontents}

\usepackage[style=sbl,citepages=omit,fullbibrefs=true,sblfootnotes=false,citereset=chapter]{biblatex}

\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{temp.bib}
@mvlexicon{TDOT,
   title = {Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament},
   shorthand = {TDOT},
   shorttitle = {TDOT},
   editor = {G. Johannes Botterweck and Helmer Ringgren and Heinz-Josef Fabry},
   translator = {David E. Green},
   volumes = {15},
   publisher = {Eerdmans},
   date = {1977/2006},
   address = {Grand Rapids}
}
@inlexicon{TDOT:heaven,
   xref = {TDOT},
   author = {G. Bartelmus},
   title = {Hebrew Name},
   volume = {15},
   pages = {204-236}
}

\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{temp.bib}

\usepackage{xparse}

\begin{document}

\printbiblist{shorthand}
\null\vfill
Cite a dictionary.\footcite[207]{TDOT:heaven}

\clearpage
\printbibliography
\end{document}

See SBLHS2 page 255 for TDOT showing that in a list of abbreviations it should still be italicized.

I don't know what a general rule should be, but I think if it is italicized in the footnote, then it should be italicized in the list of abbreviations.

[folofjc]

Ugh, my fault. I was used shorthands (out of habit) and not abbreviations. Just looked at the .tex file of the documentation and saw the correct way to do it.

[dcpurton]

Yep. I noted in my comment on your other issue that in the next version, I'm going to move away from the shorttitle/shorthand combination on the grounds that it's excessively confusing.

[folofjc]

Interestingly, there appears to be an error in SBLHS2 for hte case of GKC. On page 189 where it is listing abbreviations by Source, GKC is not italicized. But on pg 234 where it is listing them by Abbreviation, it is italicized. I think it is wrong on pg 234. Since GKC is an abbreviation for the editors and translator, I think it should not be italicized.