alphabetization trial

5 files changed, 114 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7ae651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.sort.py.swp
+*.log
+*.pdf
diff --git a/citations.tex b/citations.tex
index e69de29..12ea915 100644
--- a/citations.tex
+++ b/citations.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+\long\edef\citations{}
+\long\def\newcitation#1#2{%
+  \long\edef\citations{{#2}%allows alphabetization by including sanitized relevant data
+  \hangafter=-1 \hangindent=0.5in%hanging indents must be inserted every paragraph
+  \citations\par #1}%
+}
+\def\cite#1{%the actual citation request made by users
+  \def\cltitle{}\def\clcontain{}%"clean" data intended for alphabetization in bibliography
+  \def\ifnameinline{\iffalse}\def\nameinline{\def\ifnameinline{\iftrue}}%
+  \def\ifnewcite{\iffalse}\def\newcite{\def\ifnewcite{\iftrue}}%
+  \def\ifusetitle{\iffalse}\def\usetitle{\def\ifusetitle{\iftrue}}%
+  \def\@last{}\def\@namedisp{}\def\name##1##2{\def\@last{##1}\def\@namedisp{\ifx\@title\empty ##2.\fi}}%takes a last name and how names ought display, allowing multiple authors
+  \def\@title{}\def\title##1{\def\@title{``##1.''}\def\cltitle{##1}}%individual source like chapter or webpage
+  \def\@contain{}\def\contain##1{\def\@contain{ {\twelveit ##1}\ifx\@title\empty .\else, by \@namedisp \comma \fi}\def\clcontain{##1}}%container (book contains chapter)
+  \def\@contrib{}\def\contrib##1{\def\@contrib{ ##1\comma}}%other contributors with roles
+  \def\@version{}\def\version##1{\def\@version{ ##1\comma}}%version, if notable or unique
+  \def\@relnums{}\def\relnums##1{\def\@relnums{ ##1\comma}}%relevant numbers like journal issue or volume number
+  \def\@publish{}\def\publish##1{\def\@publish{ ##1\comma}}%publisher
+  \def\@pubdate{}\def\pubdate##1{\def\@pubdate{ ##1\comma}}%publication date
+  \def\@locator{}\def\locator##1{\def\@locator{ ##1}}%page numbers or web address
+  \def\@pagenum{}\def\pagenum##1{\def\@pagenum{##1}}%page number, as relevant to inline citations
+  \countdef\commas=11\count11=0%
+  #1%
+  \ifx\@contrib\empty \else \advance \commas by 1\fi%
+  \ifx\@version\empty \else \advance \commas by 1\fi%
+  \ifx\@relnums\empty \else \advance \commas by 1\fi%
+  \ifx\@publish\empty \else \advance \commas by 1\fi%
+  \ifx\@pubdate\empty \else \advance \commas by 1\fi%
+  \ifx\@locator\empty \else \advance \commas by 1\fi%
+  \def\comma{\advance\commas by -1 \noexpand\ifnum\noexpand\commas>0 ,\noexpand\fi}%
+  \ifnewcite\newcitation{\@namedisp \@title \@contain \@contrib \@version \@relnums \@publish \@pubdate \@locator.}\fi{\@namedisp\cltitle\clcontain}\fi%
+  (\ifnameinline
+    \ifx\@last\empty
+      \@title
+    \else
+      \@last
+    \fi
+  \fi \@pagenum)%
+}
+
+\long\def\biblio{ %generates a bibliography
+  \vfil \eject %prints all previous pages and starts bibliography
+  \line{\hfil Works Cited \hfil}%
+  %%Alphabetization
+  \immediate\openout0=sort.tex%
+  \immediate\write0{\citations}%
+  \immediate\closeout0
+  \immediate\write18{python3 sort.py}%sort sort.tex alphabetically by the first group (also remove first group)
+  \immediate\openin0=sort.tex
+  \immediate\read0 to \data
+  \immediate\data
+  \immediate\closein0
+}
diff --git a/mla8.tex b/mla8.tex
index 2f99c76..93680df 100644
--- a/mla8.tex
+++ b/mla8.tex
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 \def\@last{} \def\last#1{\def\@last{#1}}
 \def\@prof{} \def\prof#1{\def\@prof{#1}}
 \def\@clas{} \def\clas#1{\def\@clas{#1}}
-\def\@date{\the\day \threemonth{\the\month}\ \the\year}
+\def\today{\the\day \threemonth{\the\month}\ \the\year}
+\def\setdate#1{\def\@date{#1}} %sets \@date to user value
+\def\@date{\today} %uses today's date if author doesn't choose; to choose, author should use \setdate
 
 \long\def\header{
 \noindent\@name\ \@last \par
@@ -61,13 +63,23 @@
 
 \parindent=0.5in
 
+%%citation formatting (\cite and \biblio) from relevant local file
+
+\input citations.tex
+
 %%fixes @ character
 
 \catcode `\@12\relax
 
-%%citation formatting (\cite and \biblio) from relevant local file
+%%blockquotes
 
-\input citations.tex
+\long\def\blockquote#1{{ %double bracket to group
+  \par
+  \everyhbox{x}
+  \leftskip=1in \parindent=0.25in
+  \noindent#1
+  \par
+}}
 
 %%test stuff
 \numberfirstpage \spaceaftertitle
@@ -75,6 +87,19 @@
 \prof{Jones}
 \header
 \title{Text}
-epic bruh moment
-
+epic bruh moment:
+\blockquote{yo your mom was here last nite it was litty
+
+test par that should continue onto the next line like this tlike this like this like this like this like this like this like this
+
+but what if}
+This stuff is back outside of the blockquote \cite{%
+  \name{McDonald and Patten Jr.}{McDonald, Douglas, and Carl Patten Jr}%
+  \contain{Emerging Issues on Privatized Prisons}%
+  \publish{Bureau of Justice Assistance}%
+  \pubdate{Feb. 2001}%
+  \locator{www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/203968.pdf}%
+  \nameinline \newcite
+}
+\biblio
 \bye
diff --git a/sort.py b/sort.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00007bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sort.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#Intended as an auxiliary program for citations.tex to alphabetize an output file based on the first group.
+
+#Inputs file sort.tex, to sort as read, takes all data, and then reopens as write
+f = open('sort.tex','r')
+dat = f.readlines()
+f.close()
+f = open('sort.tex','w')
+
+def firstgroup(line): #handles nested brackets to return (first group data, other data) tuple.
+  nesting = 0
+  for charind in range(len(line)):
+    char = line[charind]
+    if char == '{':
+      nesting += 1
+    if char == '}':
+      nesting -= 1
+    if nesting == 0:
+      breakchar = charind+1
+      break
+  return (line[1:breakchar], line[breakchar:])
+
+for lineind in range(len(dat)):
+  line = dat[lineind]
+  dat[lineind] = firstgroup(line)
+
+dat.sort(key=lambda text : [ord(char) for char in text[0]])
+f.write(''.join([line[1] for line in dat]))
diff --git a/sort.tex b/sort.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c93cae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sort.tex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+real text