https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423976
Bug ID: 423976
Summary: When formatting IDs, non-word characters should be
used as word separators
Product: KBibTeX
Version: git (master)
Platform: Manjaro
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: User interface
Assignee: fisc...@unix-ag.uni-kl.de
Reporter: nobodyinper...@posteo.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
When formatting IDs, non-word characters (like dashes, colons, etc...) should
be used as word separators. The current behaviour is to split words at
whitespace, resulting in non-word characters ending up as part of words in the
IDs, which can break autosuggestion in editors and generally doesn't look nice.
IDs should be concise and not contain special characters as they are used for
in-code referencing. If a user wants special characters in between words in
IDs, there is a configuration option already provided in the ID suggestion
editor.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use the following example bibtex entry:
@article{testarticle,
author = {Doe, John},
title = {{Long-Term Measurements: A Better Technique}},
year = {2020}
}
2. Create an ID suggestion like "Alw00|Y|Tlw01" (taken from
~/.config/kbibtexrc) (first lowercased author, 4-digit year, then all title
words with small words removed) and set it as default.
3. Format the ID of the entry.
OBSERVED RESULT
The ID is formatted as "doe2020long-termmeasurements:bettertechnique"
EXPECTED RESULT
ID gets formatted as "doe2020longtermmeasurementsbettertechnique"
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
up-to-date Manjaro XFCE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
kbibtex-git built from the AUR with this PKGBUILD fix:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kbibtex-git/#comment-754938
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