Re: [Ebib-users] multiple keywords fields in bib files

[Abel M. <abe...@fr...>]

Dear Joost,

I'm using ebib seamlessly by now --it's a nice tool indeed. I'll pay
attention to your comments and surely I'm writing you soon. 

Thank you again!

> 
> i've looked into it a bit. the thing is, BibTeX ignores any fields that it
> doesn't know/care about. the keywords field is not normally type-set, so
> BibTeX just skips over it, and it doesn't care how many there are.
> 
> on the other hand, if you have two title fields or something, BibTeX *does*
> issue a warning, and ignores the second one.
> 
> i'll have to think a little bit about how i'm gonna handle this.
> 
> > > Now, when I tested this code on the BibTeX entry you provide, I noticed
> > > another thing: the author field in your sample entry has newlines in it. In
> > > itself, that's not a problem, but it turns out that Ebib treats it as a
> > > so-called "raw" field, which it shouldn't do. I tracked down the problem,
> > > and it seems to be an inconsistency (not to say "bug"...) in Emacs. I don't
> > > have a fix for this yet. In principle, this won't be a problem as long as
> > > you don't toggle the field's "raw" status.
> > 
> > It's OK for me.
> 
> i looked at the problem a bit further, and it turns out it is certainly not
> a bug, or even inconsistent behaviour of emacs. i have a fix for it which
> i'll include in the next version. let me know if you need/want it earlier.
> 
> joost
> 
> 
> -- 
> Joost Kremers
> Life has its moments
> 
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