current state of bibtex studio

Notes on the current state (v4) of the CiteDrive BibTeX Studio.

Bibliography Editor

Completion Snippet

• Suggests entries even when inside an entry, and suggests fields when not inside an entry
• Suggests entries (which are definitionally of form: @<entrytype>) even when user has not typed @
• Only suggests BibTeX types (even when non-BibTeX types like doi or url are generated by the entry-generator)
• Does not place cursor within entry’s fields nor field’s value after user applies completion

Syntax QOL

• Highlights entry type, citation key, and field types
• No automatic indentation

Automatic Field Creation

When the entry-generator is used, it creates an entry with some fields auto-filled with data and some without data. This list of fields changes based on if the user generates an article or a book

• Auto-Filled:
  • title
  • author
  • year
  • month
  • publisher
  • @article:
    • journal
    • doi
    • url
  • @book:
    • address
    • isbn
• Empty:
  • volume
  • number
  • pages
  • @article:
    • issn
  • @book:
    • series
    • edition

However, the entry autocompletion snippet creates a different list of fields when the user is in manual-entry mode: the ‘allowed’ field list for the specific entry-type specified in BibTeX’s documentation