jabref: Empty entry in JabRef leads to Error when compiling in LaTeX
JabRef version
5.3 (latest release)
Operating system
Windows
Details on version and operating system
Windows 10, 20H1
Checked with the latest development build
- I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
- I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists
Steps to reproduce the behaviour
- Create a new Entry (because you intend to enter a new entry, BUT THEN YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND FORGET DELETING IT)
- Do not enter any data into the entry; A empty entry.
- This is how an empty entry looks like in the bib-file:
@Article{,
}
Save your libary > use this file for your latex project > try to compile your latex project with Miktex and Texmaker > Error ensues, which prevents me from completing my latex compilation.
Solution i would like:
- Give warning or explanation in JabRef that having empty entries in your bib-files could lead to this.
- Enhance empty entries visually
- Ask if empty entries should be deleted upon saving (with explanation why)
Appendix
No response
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 3 years ago
- Reactions: 1
- Comments: 26 (22 by maintainers)
There are more than one ways how to deal with this! There is an interesting discussion in #7057 that deals with a similar problem, that is the deletion of an entry in regards to crossref.
e.g.: https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7057#issuecomment-929963560
In addition to the solutions i mentioned in my first post, i became aware of solutions that involve:
@LIM0000 pulling you into this, because there was some discussion here.
JabRef 2.x had the feature to jump from a
?to the help page. We seem to still have it:org.jabref.gui.help.HelpAction#openHelpPage. So it would be a good thing, to keep using it. We should add many more help buttons to JabRef to direct the users to our documentation.Adding info to the help page is fine too. If i had a choice, i would add it within Jabref because it is easier for the user (no need to search on the web first), but i am not the one that has does the coding, so feel free to do the thing that might go into the right direction and you are confident about being able to handle. 😃
Btw. I noticed that by entering the terms
empty entry jabrefinto the ecosia search engine, the first thing that pops up is this very github issue 😄Thank you very much everybody, but especially @ruoyu-qian for your contributions 😃)) I am very happy. So far, everything works perfectly! 👌
Additional enhancements would be:
do not ask for this kind of issue again?that explains what an ‘empty entry’ is. Something like:@entrytype{, }. An example would be:@Article{, }. An empty entry can be found in the library-file or in biblatex source when selecting the empty entry via the entry editor.Hello, is this issue open to be assigned to someone? If yes, can I work on this issue?