On May 17, 2011, at 5:44, Jan Anderssen wrote:
> Hi again -
>
> another question or a potential oddity:
>
> I have in my bibtex file: @string{jphil = {The Journal of Philosophy}}
>
>
> Now say I forgot this and entered manually into the Journal field: The
> Journal of Philosophy
>
> My bibtex file looks as expected: Journal = {The Journal of Philosophy},
>
> Here's the unexpected part:
> Say I remember and want to change it.
> - I bring up the edit window and hit Apple-R. The field shows {The Journal of
> Philosophy}. The auto-complete list shows The Journal of Philosophy (in blue
> already).
> - I hit delete and type jphil. The auto-complete list shows The Journal of
> Philosophy (in blue).
> - I tab or enter and the field shows The Journal of Philosophy (again in
> black).
>
> The bibtex file still looks like this: Journal = {The Journal of
> Philosophy},
>
>
> The way to change it:
> - Type something else first, or simply empty the field
> - Tab to the next field
> - Go back, hit apple-r and type jphil
> - Now the field shows The Journal of Philosophy (in blue)
>
> The bibtex file now looks like this: Journal = jphil,
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jan
This was a bug that was recently fixed in the recent nightlies.
A quicker alternative way to work around the issue is to not delete but replace
with say a single letter, then hit enter, and type what you want.
Christiaan
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