https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460315
Bug ID: 460315
Summary: Sorting in output file
Classification: Applications
Product: KBibTeX
Version: 0.10
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Loading/saving files
Assignee: fisc...@unix-ag.uni-kl.de
Reporter: nobodyinper...@posteo.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
It would be nice to have an option (or defaulting) to sorting the BibTeX output
file by identifier and the keys as well.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open an unsorted BibTeX file with KBibTeX
2. save it@comment{x-kbibtex-encoding=utf-8}
OBSERVED RESULT
BibTeX file maintains original unsorted state
EXPECTED RESULT
BibTeX file is sorted alphabetically by identifier and keys within an entry as
well
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Benefits from this:
- Easier diffing when tracking the BibTeX file
- Consistency when working with multiple people on a BibTeX file
- Takes the much of the arbitrariness away from the file formatting (same as
strict code formatters like Python's black e.g.)
I guess this is just a couple of lines of sorting in fileexporterbibtex.cpp but
I got really confused browsing through the code as I don't know any Qt... 😔
I don't know if people might get annoyed if KBibTeX sorts their files, maybe a
checkbox in the File Settings widget could help. We would need a way to persist
this setting though, maybe a preamble like `@comment{x-kbibtex-encoding=utf-8}`
for the file encoding could be used for that (e.g.
`@comment{x-kbibtex-sorting=ascending|descending}`).
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