Excluding ibid and idem only for classical texts

Question

I want to distinguish between literature and ancient sources. Therefore, I used "classictext" and "entrysubtype". I have this question: For my literature, I want to use "ibid", bot for those ancient sources I did not want "ibid." or "idem.", but a repetition of source. How can I do that? Here is the MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=sbl,citepages=separate,backend=biber,sblfootnotes=false,ibidpage=true,ibidtracker=true,idemtracker=true,pagetracker=spread,sorting=nyvt,url=false,isbn=false,doi=false,clearlang=false,uniquename=false]{biblatex}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
       @book{Guillaum.Gnostique.SC,

editor = {Guillaumont, Antoine and Guillaumont, Claire},
 gender = {pm},
 date = {1989},
 title = {Évagre le Pontique. Le Gnostique. Ou a celui qui est devenu digne de la science},
 shorttitle = {Évagre le Pontique. Le Gnostique},
 location = {Paris},
 keywords = {Evagrius},
series = {SC},
number = {356},
location = {Paris},
 }
@classictext{Evagr.Gnost.gr,
author = {{Evagr. Pont. Gnost.}},
xref = {Guillaum.Gnostique.SC},
  entrysubtype = {classical}, Options = {skipbib=true}, Options = {skipbiblist=true}, 
  shorthand    = {Evagr. Pont. Gnost.},
}
    \end{filecontents}
\DeclareSourcemap{
  \maps[datatype=bibtex]{
    \map{
      \step[fieldsource=entrysubtype, match={classical},final]
      \step[fieldset=pagination, fieldvalue={none}]
    }
  }
}

\DeclareFieldFormat{shorthand}{%
  \iffieldequalstr{entrysubtype}{classical}
    {\mkbibemph{#1\isdot}}
    {#1\isdot}}

\renewcommand*{\postnotedelim}{%
  \iffieldequalstr{entrysubtype}{classical}
    {}
    {\addcomma}%
  \addspace}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\cite[4]{Evagr.Gnost.gr}; \cite[5]{Evagr.Gnost.gr}\\

\cite[6]{Guillaum.Gnostique.SC}; \cite[7]{Guillaum.Gnostique.SC}
\end{document}

Thanks, is there are a possibility for preventing "ibid" exclusively for only a specific literature type such as "classictext" or for a specific entrysubtype? — test, Feb 11 '24 at 19:26
Can you give me an example how to do that? I am still a beginner in LaTeX... — test, Feb 11 '24 at 20:28
Sorry no time to do that at the moment. But thinking further, it likely won't work, since you need to issue the reset command before the \cite. — Alan Munn, Feb 11 '24 at 20:40
Looking at your other question (https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/708732/35864) where the example code didn't have the entrysubtype = {classical}, yet, I'm thinking: Do you actually need that? If all your @classictexts are entrysubtype = {classical}, and everything that could ever be entrysubtype = {classical}, is a @classictext, we might as well just test for @classictext instead of entrysubtype = {classical},. — moewe, Feb 26 '24 at 07:34
Instead of \step[fieldsource=entrysubtype, match={classical},final] you'd use \pertype{classictext} and instead of \iffieldequalstr{entrysubtype}{classical} you'd use \ifentrytype{classictext}. (It is possible that \pertype{classictext} requires you to register your new type in a .dbx file with the data model: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/175776/35864, but that is good practice anyway.) — moewe, Feb 26 '24 at 07:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '24 at 08:20

We can insert another condition into the "ibid" to check if entrysubtype is equal to classical.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=sbl,citepages=separate,backend=biber,sblfootnotes=false,ibidpage=true,ibidtracker=true,idemtracker=true,pagetracker=spread,sorting=nyvt,url=false,isbn=false,doi=false,clearlang=false,uniquename=false]{biblatex}
\DeclareSourcemap{
  \maps[datatype=bibtex]{
    \map{
      \step[fieldsource=entrysubtype, match={classical},final]
      \step[fieldset=pagination, fieldvalue={none}]
    }
  }
}
\DeclareFieldFormat{shorthand}{%
  \iffieldequalstr{entrysubtype}{classical}
    {\mkbibemph{#1\isdot}}
    {#1\isdot}}
\renewcommand*{\postnotedelim}{%
  \iffieldequalstr{entrysubtype}{classical}
    {}
    {\addcomma}%
  \addspace}
\renewbibmacro*{cite}{%
  \boolfalse{suppresspostnote}%
  \boolfalse{usevolpostnotedelim}%
  \global\togglefalse{usingibid}%
  \global\togglefalse{inentrytype}%
  \global\toggletrue{blx@testpostnotedelim}%
  \ifciteseen
    {\global\toggletrue{relatedseen}}
    {\global\togglefalse{relatedseen}}%
  \ifciteseen{}{\iffieldundef{pages}{}{\booltrue{suppresspostnote}}}%
  \iffieldundef{shorthand}
    {\ifciteseen{}{\bibhypertarget{\strfield{entrykey}}{}}}
    {}%
  \printtext{%
    \ifboolexpr{%
        test {\ifciteibid}
        and
        not test {\iffirstonpage}
        and not test {\iffieldequalstr{entrysubtype}{classical}}
    }
      {\usebibmacro{cite:ibid}}
      {\usebibmacro{ifciteuseshorthand}
         {\usebibmacro{cite:shorthand}}
         {\usedriver{}{cite:\thefield{entrytype}}%
          \ifcsstring{blx@shorthand}{intro}
            {\usebibmacro{shorthandintro}}
            {}}}}}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@book{Guillaum.Gnostique.SC,
  editor = {Guillaumont, Antoine and Guillaumont, Claire},
  gender = {pm},
  date = {1989},
  title = {Évagre le Pontique. Le Gnostique. Ou a celui qui est devenu digne de la science},
  shorttitle = {Évagre le Pontique. Le Gnostique},
  location = {Paris},
  keywords = {Evagrius},
  series = {SC},
  number = {356},
  location = {Paris},
}
@classictext{Evagr.Gnost.gr,
  author = {{Evagr. Pont. Gnost.}},
  xref = {Guillaum.Gnostique.SC},
  entrysubtype = {classical},
  Options = {skipbib=true},
  Options = {skipbiblist=true}, 
  shorthand    = {Evagr. Pont. Gnost.},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\cite[4]{Evagr.Gnost.gr}; \cite[5]{Evagr.Gnost.gr}\
\cite[6]{Guillaum.Gnostique.SC}; \cite[7]{Guillaum.Gnostique.SC}
\end{document}

Excluding ibid and idem only for classical texts

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