Flatpak'ed JabRef doesn't recognise journal abbreviation forms without periods

[i5qme2b944w3]

In the un/abbreviate journal names function (either via the button positioned next to Journal/Journaltitle/Journalsubtitle/... fields in the Entry Editor, or in the Quality menu), there is a curious issue with the flatpak version of JabRef.

Roughly, JabRef seems to use three levels of abbreviation for most journal names: unabbreviated, abbreviated with periods to mark abbreviated words, and abbreviated without the periods. For example, the various forms of the journal title "Physical Review D" are: Physical Review D, Phys. Rev. D, and Phys Rev D.

However, the flatpak version of JabRef fails to unabbreviate from the "abbreviated without periods" form.

For instance, when clicking the un/abbreviate button in the Entry Editor, JabRef would normally cycle through Physical Review D -> Phys. Rev. D -> Phys Rev D -> Physical Review D -> etc. (The snap package behaves this way.) But in the flatpak version, the cycle gets stuck at Phys Rev D, at which point pressing the button does nothing. Similarly, the Quality -> Unabbreviate journal names menu button will also fail to switch from Phys Rev D back to Physical Review D.

So it seems that the flatpak version of JabRef fails to recognize that Phys Rev D is a valid abbreviation of Physical Review D, whereas the snap version does recognize it.

(I have checked this behaviour with journal names other than Physical Review D as well; it seems to occur for any journal names on the built-in abbreviation list.)

[LyzardKing]

Thanks for the issue report, did you test it in the deb/snap?

[i5qme2b944w3]

I've tested in the snap, which successfully unabbreviates these journal names. This suggests to me that the problem is just with the flatpak, but I haven't tested the deb.

[LyzardKing]

Do you see any error in the commandline if you run flatpak run org.jabref.jabref?

[i5qme2b944w3]

I get the following error messages as JabRef is starting:

$ flatpak run org.jabref.jabref
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [d]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [d] starting at position 16 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [thread]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [thread] starting at position 25 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [level]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [level] starting at position 35 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [logger]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [logger] starting at position 47 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [msg]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [msg] starting at position 54 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [n]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [n] starting at position 56 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [d]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [d] starting at position 16 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [thread]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [thread] starting at position 25 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [level]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [level] starting at position 35 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [logger]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [logger] starting at position 47 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [msg]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [msg] starting at position 54 in conversion pattern.
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized format specifier [n]
ERROR StatusLogger Unrecognized conversion specifier [n] starting at position 56 in conversion pattern.

(java:4): Gdk-WARNING **: 13:42:04.528: XSetErrorHandler() called with a GDK error trap pushed. Don't do that.

[LyzardKing]

What about when you try to run the unabbreviation function?

[i5qme2b944w3]

I get no errors or warnings when I use the abbreviate or unabbreviate functions.

[i5qme2b944w3]

Issue fixed in recent update

[LyzardKing]

Good to know. It's useful to note that the flatpak mirrors only the stable release, while the snap has the beta/edge channels that wil show new features/fixes.