Variable: reftex-cite-punctuation

reftex-cite-punctuation is a customizable variable defined in reftex-vars.el.gz.

Value

(", " " \\& " " {\\it et al.}")

Documentation

Punctuation for formatting of name lists in citations.

This is a list of 3 strings.
1. Normal names separator, like ", " in Jones, Brown and Miller
2. Final names separator, like " and " in Jones, Brown and Miller
3. The "et al" string, like " {\\it et al.}" in Jones {\it et al.}

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/textmodes/reftex-vars.el.gz
(defcustom reftex-cite-punctuation '(", " " \\& " " {\\it et al.}")
  "Punctuation for formatting of name lists in citations.
This is a list of 3 strings.
1. Normal names separator, like \", \"     in Jones, Brown and Miller
2. Final names separator,  like \" and \"  in Jones, Brown and Miller
3. The \"et al\" string,   like \" {\\it et al.}\" in Jones {\\it et al.}"
  :group 'reftex-citation-support
  :type '(list
          (string :tag "Separator for names            ")
          (string :tag "Separator for last name in list")
          (string :tag "string used as et al.          ")))