Latex filter in BibTeX.open prevents string replacement

[hermanndetz]

Take the following bib example:

@string {somejournal = "Some Intl. Journal" } @article{art1, title = {Title including chemical elements {CuAu} or names like {Einstein}}, author = {{J. Doe} and {T. Joad}}, journal = somejournal, volume = 1, year = 1984, pages = {1--3}}

The title string needs the braces around chemical elements and names to preserve capitalization. I have the following observation:

If I open this file with BibTex.open('path_to_file.bib'), I do get the string replacement for the journal field, but the braces of the chemical alloys and names in the title remain in the string then.

If I on the other hand open the file with BibTex.open('path_to_file.bib', :filter => 'latex'), the braces are removed, therefore the title appears correctly in the resulting structure, but the journal name is not replaced anymore.

Is this intended behavior? Is there a way to open such a file, first replace all bibtex strings and then process these as latex strings?

[inukshuk]

Yes, just open or parse the file without any filters or string replacements. Then call bib.replace for string replacement (bib.join if you need to combine strings) and then bib.convert(:latex) to apply the latex filter.

[hermanndetz]

Thank you for your fast response!