I must admit that I feel a bit stupid at the moment. I am pretty shure that I have seen this on sx already but I don't find it any more since it has been hidden in a comment as far as I remember.
Citing members of a @Set in biblatex with Biber I would like to compress citations similar to normal full entries - see image and MWE below. Going through the biblatex documentation I did not find this point...
Here is what it should look like:
Any input anyone?
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[babel,german=quotes]{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=numeric-comp,mcite,subentry,sorting=nty,sortsets=true,backref=false]{biblatex}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{family-given}
\DeclareNameAlias{default}{family-given}
\DeclareFieldFormat{entrysetcount}{\mknumalph{#1}}
\DeclareDelimFormat{editortypedelim}{\addspace}
\DeclareFieldFormat{editortype}{\mkbibparens{#1}}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@Book{Beiglboeck:Koffein,
author = {Beiglböck, Wolfgang},
title = {Koffein},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-07-01},
publisher = {Springer},
location = {Berlin, Heidelberg},
isbn = {978-3-662-49564-3},
url = {https://www.ebook.de/de/product/26446638/wolfgang_beiglboeck_koffein.html},
ean = {9783662495643},
}
@Book{fish:drugs,
mainsubtitle = {Drugs and Society},
year = {2006},
editor = {Jefferson M. Fish},
maintitle = {U.S.~public policy},
publisher = {Rowman \& Littlefield Publishers, Inc},
location = {Lanham, Maryland},
isbn = {0-7425-4245-9},
sortname = {Jefferson M. Fish},
sorttitle = {U.S. public policy Drugs and Society},
options = {dataonly},
}
@Set{set:fish:drugs,
entryset = {fish:drugs:gable:alt,fish:drugs:cleveland:use,fish:drugs:evans:intro},
options = {multivolumehead=fish:drugs},
}
@Inbook{fish:drugs:evans:intro,
crossref = {fish:drugs},
author = {Richard M. Evans and Stanley Neustadter},
chapter = {6},
title = {Legalization: An Introduction},
pages = {129-148},
sorttitle = {06 Legalization: An Introduction},
options = {dataonly},
}
@Inbook{fish:drugs:cleveland:use,
crossref = {fish:drugs},
author = {Mary M. Cleveland},
chapter = {9a},
title = {Use, 'Abuse', Adverse Health Effects, and Addiction},
pages = {197-200},
sorttitle = {09 Use, Abuse, Adverse Health Effects, and Addiction},
options = {dataonly},
}
@Inbook{fish:drugs:gable:alt,
crossref = {fish:drugs},
author = {Robert S. Gable},
chapter = {7},
title = {Acute Toxicity of Drugs versus Regulatory Status},
pages = {149-161},
sorttitle = {07 Acute Toxicity of Drugs versus Regulatory Status},
}
@Book{A,
author = {René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo},
maintitle = {Asterix und Obelix},
year = {1959--2018},
publisher = {Dargaud},
location = {Paris},
volumes = {99},
options = {dataonly},
}
@Set{set:A,
entryset = {A:V1,A:V2,A:V3,A:V4,A:V5,A:V6},
options = {multivolumehead=A},
}
@Book{A:V1,
crossref = {A},
title = {Asterix der Gallier},
sorttitle = {Goscinny Rene Uderzo Albert Asterix und Obelix 01},
year = {1959},
isbn = {1234567890123},
volume = {1},
}
@Book{A:V2,
crossref = {A},
title = {Asterix und Kleopatra},
sorttitle = {Goscinny Rene Uderzo Albert Asterix und Obelix 02},
year = {1968},
isbn = {2345678901234},
volume = {2},
}
@Book{A:V3,
crossref = {A},
title = {Asterix als Gladiator},
sorttitle = {Goscinny Rene Uderzo Albert Asterix und Obelix 03},
year = {1969},
isbn = {3456789012345},
volume = {3},
}
@Book{A:V4,
crossref = {A},
title = {Der Kampf der Häuptlinge},
sorttitle = {Goscinny Rene Uderzo Albert Asterix und Obelix 04},
year = {1969},
isbn = {4567890123456},
volume = {4},
}
@Book{A:V5,
crossref = {A},
title = {Die goldene Sichel},
sorttitle = {Goscinny Rene Uderzo Albert Asterix und Obelix 05},
year = {1970},
isbn = {5678901234567},
volume = {5},
}
@Book{A:V6,
crossref = {A},
title = {Tour de France},
sorttitle = {Goscinny Rene Uderzo Albert Asterix und Obelix 06},
year = {1970},
isbn = {6789012345678},
volume = {6},
}
@Book{DHS:base,
editor = {{Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen e.~V.}},
sortname = {{Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen}},
year = {2017},
url = {www.dhs.de},
urldate = {2018-04-30},
maintitle = {Suchtmedizinische Reihe},
options = {dataonly},
}
@Book{DHS:nik,
crossref = {DHS:base},
title = {Tabakabhängigkeit},
sorttitle = {Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen Suchtmedizinische Reihe 01},
volume = {1},
isbn = {978-3-937587-00-4},
}
@Book{DHS:alk,
crossref = {DHS:base},
title = {Alkoholabhängigkeit},
sorttitle = {Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen Suchtmedizinische Reihe 02},
volume = {2},
isbn = {978-3-937587-01-1},
}
@Book{DHS:drogen,
crossref = {DHS:base},
title = {Drogenabhängigkeit},
sorttitle = {Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen Suchtmedizinische Reihe 04},
volume = {4},
isbn = {978-3-937587-03-5},
}
@Set{DHS:SMR,
crossref = {DHS:base},
entryset = {DHS:alk,DHS:nik,DHS:drogen},
options = {multivolumehead=DHS:base},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\begin{document}\parindent=0pt\relax\parskip=2ex\relax
\nocite{*}
Cleveland\supercite{fish:drugs:cleveland:use} writes some hard stuff.
Be adviced that after heavy stuff like this\msupercite{Beiglboeck:Koffein,DHS:SMR,set:fish:drugs} you should relax\supercite{A:V2,A:V3,A:V4,A:V6} a bit, were the last citation should look like the hard coded variants\textsuperscript{4b-d,f} or.\textsuperscript{4b-d,4f}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

biblatex-ext... or maybe it was just that the code is so complicated. If you find an issue with the code, just ask a new question. – moewe Jan 16 '19 at 14:18@setin the bibfile and via\defbibentryset. While the second does work for the combination of members of different sets the first does not. The previous set block has to be terminated via\ifdef{\cbx@lastnumber}{\iffieldequals{labelnumber}{\cbx@lastnumber}{}{\usebibmacro{cite:dump}\ifnumgreater{\value{cbx@tempcntb}}{-1}{\multicitedelim\usebibmacro{cite:init}}{}}}{}%as the very first command in\renewbibmacro*{cite:comp:inset}from https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/416444/35864. – AndiW Jan 17 '19 at 00:14biblatex-extdocumentation. – moewe Jan 17 '19 at 09:57