Making a REALLY compact bibliography

Tool for making an ApJ-style bibliography (e.g. using natbib so you can use citep) in a really compact form, e.g.:

·Blah et al 2010 ·Foo et al 1920 ·Bar et al 1888

 or

[1]Blah et al 2010 [2]Foo et al 1920 [3]Bar et al 1888

instead of:

Blah et al 2010
Foo et al 1920
Bar et al 1888

Instructions

Two styles are provided: author-year style (aas_compact) and numeric style (aas_compact-numeric).

Save file aas_compact.bst and aas_compact.tex (or aas_compact-numeric.bst and aas_compact-numeric.tex) in the same path as your main .tex file.

Include aas_compact.tex in your header, e.g.:

\input{aas_compact}

or

\input{aas_compact-numeric}

Then import your .bib file at the place where you want to show the references:

\bibliography{the_path_of_your_bib_file.bib}

REFERENCES

• https://github.com/keflavich/tex_compact_bib
• https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/5571/reduce-bibliography-to-one-line
• http://www.ctex.org/documents/packages/table/paralist.pdf
• https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11903/reduce-natbib-bibliography-to-one-line
• https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/699587/reference-with-no-new-lines-breaks-internal-links

And especially crucial for understanding the borderline-insane RPN choice in bst:

• http://tug.ctan.org/info/bibtex/tamethebeast/ttb_en.pdf