Sort bibliographies by authors' last names.

(Tweaked by Vincent.)

original commit: 3caf0aca23a293271dd7245f42b28dccaab535f6

collects/scriblib/autobib.rkt

@@ -161,12 +161,16 @@
   (define render-date-bib (or maybe-render-date-bib default-render-date-bib))
   (define render-date-cite (or maybe-render-date-cite default-render-date-cite))
   (define (author/date<? a b)
-    ;; comparing just the authors causes non-deterministic render order. Use entire key.
+    ;; comparing just the authors causes non-deterministic render order.
+    ;; We still have to use the authors first in order for last name order.
+    ;; If there is a collision for names, then disambiguate with the keys and then the date.
+    (or (string-ci<? (extract-bib-key a) (extract-bib-key b))
+        (and (string-ci=? (extract-bib-key a) (extract-bib-key b))
              (or (string-ci<? (auto-bib-key a) (auto-bib-key b))
                  (and (string-ci=? (auto-bib-key a) (auto-bib-key b))
                       (auto-bib-date a)
                       (auto-bib-date b)
-             (date<? a b))))
+                      (date<? a b))))))
   (define (ambiguous? a b)
     (and (string-ci=? (extract-bib-key a) (extract-bib-key b))
          (auto-bib-date a)

collects/tests/scribble/docs/autobib-order.scrbl

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#lang scribble/base
+@(require scriblib/autobib)
+@(define-cite cite citet gen)
+
+@(define a (make-bib #:title "Diss 1"
+                     #:is-book? #t
+                     #:location (dissertation-location #:institution "NEU")
+                     #:author (authors (author-name "Little Bo" "Peep") (author-name "Samwise" "Gamgee"))
+                     #:date "2012"))
+@(define b (make-bib #:title "Diss 2"
+                     #:is-book? #t
+                     #:location (dissertation-location #:institution "NEU")
+                     #:author (authors (author-name "Ayo" "Shucks"))
+                     #:date "2012"))
+Order matters. Must sort by last names.
+@cite[b]
+@cite[a]
+
+@(gen)

collects/tests/scribble/docs/autobib-order.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Order matters. Must sort by last names.  (Shucks 2012)  (Peep and Gamgee
+2012)
+
+Bibliography
+
+Little Bo Peep and Samwise Gamgee. Diss 1. PhD dissertation, NEU, 2012.
+Ayo Shucks. Diss 2. PhD dissertation, NEU, 2012.                       

collects/tests/scribble/docs/autobib.txt

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ al. 2010, part II)  (Felleisen et al. 2010)
 Bibliography
 
 And no date. Look ma, no authors.                                     
-Dorai Sitaram. Programming in Schelog. 1993.                          
-http://www.ccs.neu.edu/~dorai/schelog/schelog.html                    
-Look ma, no authors.                                                  
 Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, and Matthew Flatt. Semantics
 Engineering with PLT Redex. MIT Press, 2010.                          
+Look ma, no authors.                                                  
+Dorai Sitaram. Programming in Schelog. 1993.                          
+http://www.ccs.neu.edu/~dorai/schelog/schelog.html