Subtle natbib implementation changes

diff --git a/mlastyle.dtx b/mlastyle.dtx
index 6aead1c72050814050113c37526bdc91bb2c28c3..dd60132c8bffee67a25d97bd19271409772644f5 100644 (file)
--- a/mlastyle.dtx
+++ b/mlastyle.dtx
@@ -880,19 +880,18 @@ Schlegl",
 % \subsection{Style}
 % \begin{macro}{\bibstyle@mlastyle}
 % This first block is the beginnings of an implementation for
-% \package{natbib}.  Surely there is a better way.
+% \package{natbib}.  (Surely there is a better way.)
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newcommand{\bibstyle@mlastyle}{%
   \bibpunct[\mlastyle@space]{\mlastyle@brack(}{\mlastyle@brack)}%
-    {;}{a}{\mlastyle@comma}{,}
+    {\unskip;}{a}{\mlastyle@comma}{,}
   \gdef\mlastyle@brack##1{\ifx\NAT@date\mlastyle@notitle
     \ifmlastyle@pages ##1\else\ifNAT@swa\ifnum
     \NAT@ctype=0 ##1\else\unskip\fi\else\unskip\fi\fi\else ##1\fi}
   \gdef\mlastyle@comma{\ifx\NAT@date\mlastyle@notitle\else,\fi}
-  \gdef\mlastyle@space{\ifx\NAT@date\mlastyle@notitle{}\else{} \fi}
   \gdef\mlastyle@space{\ifx\NAT@date\mlastyle@notitle
-    \ifnum\NAT@ctype<2
-      \ifNAT@par\ifNAT@swa{} \fi\else{} \fi\fi\else{} \fi}
+  \ifnum\NAT@ctype=1{} \fi\else{} \fi}
+%      \ifNAT@par\ifNAT@swa{} \fi\else{} \fi\fi\else{} \fi}
     \gdef\citetext##1{(##1)}
   \@ifundefined{chapter}
   {\gdef\refname{Works Cited}}
@@ -903,7 +902,7 @@ Schlegl",
 % This hack represents an empty title in the MLA bibliography style.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\mlastyle@notitle
-  { \ \ \ \ \unskip\unskip\unskip\unskip\unskip\unskip}
+  { \ \ \ \ \unskip\unskip\unskip\unskip\unskip}
 \RequirePackage{natbib}
 \newif\ifmlastyle@pages
 \renewcommand\NAT@citetp