%% This file is part of the custom-bib or makebst bundle
%% Copyright (C) 1996 Patrick W. Daly
% Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Aeronomie
% Postfach 20
% D-37189 Katlenburg-Lindau
% Germany
% 
% E-mail: daly@linmpi.mpae.gwdg.de   
%
% \ProvidesFile{shorthnd.ins}[1996/06/26 1.0 (PWD)]
%
% PURPOSE: lists the shorthand names for the journals that are prestored
%          in various .mbs files, for combining into customized .bst
%          files (BibTeX bibliography style files)
%
% USE:     Process this file with TeX or LaTeX; this creates a file named
%              shorthnd.tex
%          which when LaTeXed lists the shorthands and full journal names
%          in the various .mbs files.
%          Requires the longtable package in the tools bundle.
%
% NOTE:    Add your own list of journal shorthnds by adding its name
%          to the list below.
%
%<*a&!a>
\def\batchfile{shorthnd.ins}
\input docstrip

\preamble
\endpreamble

\postamble
\endpostamble

\def\MBSopt{} %     for full names
%\def\MBSopt{jabr} % for abbreviated names

\generateFile{shorthnd.tex}{f}{\from{shorthnd.ins}{head}
                               \from{physjour.mbs}{\MBSopt}
                               \from{geojour.mbs}{\MBSopt}
                               \from{photjour.mbs}{\MBSopt}
                               \from{shorthnd.ins}{tail}}

\Msg{************************************}
\Msg{* Now LaTeX the file shorthnd.tex}
\Msg{* to obtain a listing of journal}
\Msg{* shorthand names in the .mbs files.}
\Msg{* (You must have the longtable package.)}
\Msg{************************************}

  \endinput % Indentation fools docstrip which looks for \endinput in col 1
%</a&!a>
%<*head>
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{longtable}

\def\ACRO{\begingroup\catcode`\M=11\relax\catcode`\"=9\relax\acro}
\def\acro#1#2{\endgroup\ttfamily#1 & \raggedright #2 \tabularnewline}
\def\PF#1[#2]{\\\hline\multicolumn{2}{c}{File: \texttt{#1}, version: #2
              \rule[-.75em]{0pt}{2em}}\\\hline\\[-1ex]}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{1ex}

\pagestyle{myheadings}
\markright{List of Journal Shorthands}
\begin{document}

\title
  {List of the Shorthands for Journal Names in Various \texttt{.mbs} Files}

\author{Patrick W. Daly}

\date{This is part of the \texttt{makebst} or \texttt{custom-bib} bundle}

\maketitle

\newcommand{\btx}{\textsc{Bib}\TeX}

The shorthands here may be used in \btx\ database (\texttt{.bib}) files in
place of the full journal name. For example, instead of 
\begin{verbatim}
journal = "Phys. Rev.",
\end{verbatim}
it is sufficient to give
\begin{verbatim}
journal = pr,
\end{verbatim}
The advantage of this is not only the convenience of typing a shorter form,
but also the automatic switching between the abbreviated (here ``Phys.\
Rev.'')\ and full forms (``Physical Review'') depending on the bibliographic
style file. Thus the one database entry is reformatted automatically.

There is a set of standard shorthands for computing science included in the
original \texttt{plain.bst}, \texttt{abbrv.bst}, \texttt{unsrt.bst}, and 
\texttt{alpha.bst} files. These are built into \texttt{merlin.mbs} and are
always present in every \texttt{.bst} file generated from it.

Whether or not the shorthand is present in your \texttt{.bst} file depends on
the inclusion of the proper \texttt{.mbs} source file during its creation with
the \texttt{makebst} program. Check the heading to the \texttt{.bst} file 
to find out what source files went into its generation.

You may make up your own list of journal names, abbreviated and full, by using
one of the existing \texttt{.mbs} files as a model. Include its name in
\texttt{shorthnd.ins} to obtain a listing of its shorthands too.

\newpage

\begingroup
\centering
\def\PC#1{\ifx#1\ProvidesFile \let\next=#1\else\let\next=\skipline\fi\next}
\def\skipline{\begingroup\catcode`\^^M=12 \SKPLNE}
{\catcode`\^^M=12 \endlinechar=-1 \gdef\SKPLNE#1^^M{\endgroup}}
\let\ProvidesFile=\PF
\catcode`\%=\active
\let%=\PC
\catcode`\M=0
\begin{longtable}{lp{6cm}}
 \PF{merlin.mbs}[(all)]
MACRO {acmcs} {"ACM Computing Surveys"}
MACRO {acta} {"Acta Informatica"}
MACRO {cacm} {"Communications of the ACM"}
MACRO {ibmjrd} {"IBM Journal of Research and Development"}
MACRO {ibmsj} {"IBM Systems Journal"}
MACRO {ieeese} {"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering"}
MACRO {ieeetc} {"IEEE Transactions on Computers"}
MACRO {ieeetcad}
  {"IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits"}
MACRO {ipl} {"Information Processing Letters"}
MACRO {jacm} {"Journal of the ACM"}
MACRO {jcss} {"Journal of Computer and System Sciences"}
MACRO {scp} {"Science of Computer Programming"}
MACRO {sicomp} {"SIAM Journal on Computing"}
MACRO {tocs} {"ACM Transactions on Computer Systems"}
MACRO {tods} {"ACM Transactions on Database Systems"}
MACRO {tog} {"ACM Transactions on Graphics"}
MACRO {toms} {"ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software"}
MACRO {toois} {"ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems"}
MACRO {toplas} {"ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems"}
MACRO {tcs} {"Theoretical Computer Science"}
%</head>
%<*tail>
\end{longtable}
\endgroup
\end{document}
%</tail>