reftex-locate-bibliography-files fails

reftex-locate-bibliography-files fails

[Roland Winkler]

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The regexp in reftex-locate-bibliography-files for matching
`\bibliography{x}' in a LaTeX file fails when `\bibliography{x}' is
surrounded by extra braces like '{\bibliography{x}}'. However, in
certain cases these extra braces are required to make chapterbib.sty
work, see the documentation of chapterbib.sty. As the documentation
of reftex.el says that reftex.el works with chapterbib.sty, I
suggest that the regexp matching in reftex-locate-bibliography-files
should support '{\bibliography{x}}'.

Remark: I really do not understand the purpose of the first
parenthesized part in

"\\(\\`\\|[\n\r]\\)[ \t]*\\\\\\(no\\)?bibliography{[ \t]*\\([^}]+\\)"

Maybe there are situations when something like this is necessary.
But isn't this regexp much too restrictive?

Roland

Re: reftex-locate-bibliography-files fails

[Carsten Dominik]

>>>>> "RW" == Roland Winkler <roland.winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

RW> The regexp in reftex-locate-bibliography-files for matching
RW> `\bibliography{x}' in a LaTeX file fails when `\bibliography{x}' is
RW> surrounded by extra braces like '{\bibliography{x}}'. However, in
RW> certain cases these extra braces are required to make chapterbib.sty
RW> work, see the documentation of chapterbib.sty. As the documentation
RW> of reftex.el says that reftex.el works with chapterbib.sty, I
RW> suggest that the regexp matching in reftex-locate-bibliography-files
RW> should support '{\bibliography{x}}'.

I'll look into it.

RW> Remark: I really do not understand the purpose of the first
RW> parenthesized part in

RW> "\\(\\`\\|[\n\r]\\)[ \t]*\\\\\\(no\\)?bibliography{[ \t]*\\([^}]+\\)"

RW> Maybe there are situations when something like this is necessary.
RW> But isn't this regexp much too restrictive?

For efficiency reasons, RefTeX requires the bibliography statement
first on a line.  Normally this is no problem, and it ensures that the
statement has not been commented out.

- Carsten