From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ihor Radchenko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#69266: 30.0.50; bibtex-parse-entry misreads escaped \} Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:19:22 +0000 Message-ID: <8734tixdf9.fsf@localhost> References: <87cysshl3j.fsf@localhost> <87a5nr9p8f.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20246"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Arash Esbati , 69266@debbugs.gnu.org To: Roland Winkler Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 24 13:16:52 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rdqxX-00054f-St for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:16:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rdqxL-0002zQ-4a; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 07:16:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rdqxK-0002zE-Dc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 07:16:38 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rdqxK-0000vc-5Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 07:16:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rdqxi-0000yk-6q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 07:17:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Ihor Radchenko Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 69266 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 69266-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B69266.17087769723641 (code B ref 69266); Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 69266) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Feb 2024 12:16:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51723 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rdqwt-0000wd-Vg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 07:16:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:33477) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rdqwq-0000w4-He for 69266@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 07:16:10 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E862240104 for <69266@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:15:38 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1708776938; bh=g+u4hjr58WUGTPX8JXKAxDNUjEB8qMR5MzMqQj7uzBM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type: From; b=GzWIRk4KHlmQgxhVjN/J3RHwbKLDcwRiREHtHaS2FC3Fef9/H2jIu86dcG0diQtZN I/kVxJJKIRkh+gWgijLVR8GbNyE0pqK4sPfMsUT7g8TDI4sLZoj0pAZLMtt7Q1ckrf rVtiWVshKu11WLL4fX3AaJcELU7RZ0jCDK4lgqS5cLqx3XBukz4q4cz6DYsr+wiMcs 57YYReozVD5b7GklGJpUxJX/t/zNqslAwLSruyth8LBZzTZu7oHOlQeBgY6mTVXZ+Z r+vSy9b3Ji8Q1a8n24WMlaiZ4vDlZZeJP67PRQrgqU30QMHDxa5Vvcs2auOmYAoWbs Yu/FDUWxOsHvg== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4Thm6w51hdz6tvr; Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:15:36 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87a5nr9p8f.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:280545 Archived-At: Roland Winkler writes: > Ihor Radchenko writes: >> According to https://www.bibtex.org/SpecialSymbols/, characters that >> conflict with Bibtex format description can be \-escaped. > > I believe the above webpage is incorrect. If I put something like \} > into a BibTeX field, BibTeX complains about unbalanced braces. > This is with BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2022/Debian). > The parsing algoritm used by BibTeX is very simple. Generally, > BibTeX fields should contain valid LaTeX code. So something > like > title = "$\}$tex", > > should work with BibTeX, but it gives the same error message > "unbalanced braces". I am wondering if there exists a full Bibtex format description somewhere. I can see some hints scattered over documentation in https://ctan.org/pkg/bibtex, but nothing is complete. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at . Support Org development at , or support my work at