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#702 Check for valid characters

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nobody
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2015-07-27
2011-01-24
Ken
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Sometimes when I copy and paste values for the various fields from a PDF or the web I get characters which subsequently cause errors when I try creating a PDF through LyX. For instance, there appear to be various types of hyphens or dashes. Some are virtually indistinguishable to the eye but cause problems on when compiling a LaTeX document. Other characters need to be escaped. For instance, the ampersand should be \& and not simply &. Lastly, sometimes I might include LaTeX math commands but forget to encapsulate them between $..$.
It would be nice if JabRef could:
(1) search for illegal characters
(2) search for un-escaped characters
(3) search for LaTeX math with potentially needs to be wrapped in $..$

The last one might be less important/useful.

Note, however, when searching for (1) and (2) only particular fields are likely to need checking or some fields might require different checking rules. For instance, checking the URL/DOI/filename field would require different rules than checking the authour/title/abstract fields.

Discussion

  • fdar

    fdar - 2015-07-22
    • Labels: --> doi
     
  • fdar

    fdar - 2015-07-22
    • Labels: doi --> search, doi
     
  • fdar

    fdar - 2015-07-22
    • Labels: search, doi --> pdf, search, doi
     
  • fdar

    fdar - 2015-07-22
    • Labels: pdf, search, doi --> pdf, search, doi, lyx
     
  • fdar

    fdar - 2015-07-23
    • Labels: pdf, search, doi, lyx --> pdf, search, doi, lyx, tocategorize
     
  • fdar

    fdar - 2015-07-27
    • labels: pdf, search, doi, lyx, tocategorize --> CleanUp, EntryRecord
    • Group: --> Next full release
     

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