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#1078 Unable to add fields for custom entry type

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nobody
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2015-05-24
2012-06-26
No

I'm using Jabref 2.8 (downloaded today) on Windows Vista.

I need an entry-type 'Software' with fields 'location', 'publisher',
'title', 'titleaddon' for the biblatex-apa citation style.

So I've edited the 'Custom entry types', adding the new entry-type and
the fields, all als 'Required fields'.

Two problems:
1. The result looks ok right after adding the entry fields under 'Custom
entry types', except that, when viewing the entry, in the 'Required
fields' tab, an unlabeled field is displayed. The field doesn't have an
equivalent in the BibTeX source tab. Adding some text to the unlabeled
field results in an equivalent in the BibTeX source tab:

@SOFTWARE{key01,
= {x},
title = {Test-title},
location = {Test-location}
}

2. After closing and reopening Jabref (without explicitly closing the
database), all fields added in the 'Custom entry types' dialog are gone.
The software entry type still exists, but does not have any fields
defined. The only field in the 'Required fields' tab in the entry view
is the key. The fields are still there in the BibTeX source tab, though.

Discussion

  • Stefan Björk

    Stefan Björk - 2015-03-27

    Does this issue remain in 2.9 or 2.10?

     
  • Oliver Kopp

    Oliver Kopp - 2015-05-24
    • labels: Interface --> Interface, CustomEntryTypes
    • Group: --> next release
     

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