JabRef @Comments tags in export files

[AlexandreRio]

Hi all,

I noticed that when JabRef writes to the database file (.bib) it adds @Comment lines to save its preferences but its format seems to be unsupported by your library.

Should the comment rule be loosen up? Should I just remove my @Comment tags before processing it with bibtexParseJs?

Here is what JabRef comments look like:

@Comment{jabref-meta: databaseType:bibtex;}

@Comment{jabref-meta: saveActions:enabled;
date[normalize_date]
editor[unicode_to_latex]
pages[normalize_page_numbers]
journal[unicode_to_latex]
month[normalize_month]
author[unicode_to_latex]
all-text-fields[ordinals_to_superscript]
title[html_to_latex,unicode_to_latex]
booktitle[unicode_to_latex]
;}

@Comment{jabref-meta: saveOrderConfig:specified;bibtexkey;false;author;false;abstract;false;}

[fuhrmanator]

I confirm that @Comment lines in JabRef won't parse. Removing them is a work-around (Jabref is a pretty popular standard of BIB format).

To make ORCID easier for everyone to use, there should be some feedback on the error. I'm not sure how to do this best, but many people (especially researchers with lots of publications) won't make it here to debug the .bib file.

[rcpeters]

tested

    @Comment{jabref-meta: saveActions:enabled;
    date[normalize_date]
    editor[unicode_to_latex]
    pages[normalize_page_numbers]
    journal[unicode_to_latex]
    month[normalize_month]
    author[unicode_to_latex]
    all-text-fields[ordinals_to_superscript]
    title[html_to_latex,unicode_to_latex]
    booktitle[unicode_to_latex]
    ;}

    @Comment{jabref-meta: saveOrderConfig:specified;bibtexkey;false;author;false;abstract;false;}

    @article{sample1,title={sample title}}

and it parsed the article fine.