Re: Suggestions for improved suffix parsing in oc-biblatex

[Denis Maier]

Am 01.10.2021 um 10:42 schrieb Nicolas Goaziou:
> Hello,
>
> Denis Maier <denismaier@mailbox.org> writes:
>
> > So, you're suggesting that locator parsing algorithm should be ported
> > to oc-biblatex instead?
> That's a possibility. It can be factored out from oc-csl.el and become
> a generic tool living in oc.el, if deemed useful. The algorithm can trip
> over locators involving letters, tho (e.g., "chap. xiv, xv and xvi").
> I don't know if that's common.
Not so much for chapters, but it happens quite a lot for page numbers in 
prefaces and introductions.
> Moreover this is but one side of the problem. Naively, I thought that
> BibLaTeX would take care of parsing the locator. Since that's not the
> case, oc-biblatex needs additional code to properly deal with it.
Yes, that's the issue. In biblatex you will want to enclose the locator 
with \pnfmt{}. (Or use either the \pno or the \ppno command as a prefix.)

Best,
Denis