Minimize bibtex export package dependencies

[jaromrax]

I cannot find a solution for titles that are in latex. I have tons of latex titles to export, I still get e.g.

{Vertex} {Constant}
 for $undefined\{7\}undefinedmathrm\{{Be}\}\{(p,undefinedensuremath\{undefinedgamma\})\}undefined\{8\}undefinedmathr
m\{{B}\}$ {Reactions}},

for the original title like Vertex Constant for $^{7}\mathrm{Be}{(p,\ensuremath{\gamma})}^{8}\mathrm{B}$ Reactions

Is there a simple solution? Thank you jaromir

[label-gun[bot]]

It looks like you did not upload an debug report. The debug report is important; it gives @retorquere your current BBT settings and a copy of the problematic reference as a test case so he can best replicate your problem. Without it, @retorquere is effectively blind. Debug reports are useful for both bug analysis and enhancement requests; in the case of export enhancements, I need the copy of the references you have in mind.

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Thank you!

[retorquere]

I really need that debug log, generated as explained by label-gun in point 1.

[jaromrax]

Thank you very much for the care. Is the reference ok? FR3Q3ZGL-euc

I was checking the output. During compilatoin I am also getting errors like

l.56 ...eaction rate for {{Mg22}}+p\textrightarrow
                                                  {{Al23}} from the

and package

[retorquere]

There's a few things going on, but first: did you get ...for $undefined\{7\}undefinedmathrm\{{Be}\}... using Better BibTeX, or Better BibLaTeX? I can't reproduce the undefined parts. When I export that using Better BibTeX, I get

{Overall {{Normalization}} of the {{Astrophysical}} \${{S}}\$ {{Factor}} and the {{Nuclear Vertex Constant}} for \$\^\{7\}\textbackslash{}mathrm\{\vphantom\}{{Be}}\vphantom\{\}\{(p,\textbackslash{}ensuremath\{\textbackslash{}gamma\})\}\^\{8\}\textbackslash{}mathrm\{\vphantom\}{{B}}\vphantom\{\}\$ {{Reactions}}},

no undefined in sight.

[jaromrax]

Thank you for the care again, your task is complicated by the fact, that I was playing with .js and conversions for hours and I have mixed up few versions... sorry for that now - with Better Bibtex - I get the same:

 title = {Overall {{Normalization}} of the {{Astrophysical}} \${{S}}\$ {{Factor}} and the {{Nuclear Vertex Constant}} for \$\^\{7\}\textbackslash{}mathrm\{\vphantom\}{{Be}}\vphantom\{\}\{(p,\textbackslash{}ensuremath\{\textbackslash{}gamma\})\}\^\{8\}\textbackslash{}mathrm\{\vphantom\}{{B}}\vphantom\{\}\$ {{Reactions}}},

for

Overall Normalization of the Astrophysical $S$ Factor and the Nuclear Vertex Constant for $^{7}\mathrm{Be}{(p,\ensuremath{\gamma})}^{8}\mathrm{B}$ Reactions

(sorry, I tried to remove \$ and other characters from old bibtex.js manually)

[jaromrax]

I am still searching and I have found something! - the tag #LaTeX makes a good change, tagging in process...

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/5324/bibtex-and-greek-characters/p2

[retorquere]

Yeah that was the next thing I was going to suggest -- either:

• tagging individual entries with #LaTeX, or
• setting rawLaTag to * if all your items are raw LaTeX, or
• using <script>...</script> markers around parts of title that are LaTeX.

But I worried about those undefineds so I wanted to diagnose that first.

[retorquere]

(sorry, I tried to remove $ and other characters from old bibtex.js manually)

That's in principle OK, but in practice not a good idea:

• BBT's translators are compiled from Typescript so the "sources" you see are not the actual sources
• BBT overwrites existing translators if I made changes to them, so your edits will be lost at some point.

[jaromrax]

Yes, I get the point with .js, I dont edit them anymore. My final message now:

Thank you for your help, it was vital, even you can think, you only directed me to proper use of BBT. Thank you again. I have realized: 1/ tag #LaTeX makes the BBT exporter leave latex there. This solved a lot. 2/ a lot of references have a mixed latex and utf8 characters - I repair manually 3/ \textrightarrow - I cannot use, the main package somehow blocks the textcomp package, I repair manually to $\rightarrow$ 4/ I still need to change the language in .bib with cat ~/Downloads/Exported\ Items.bib | sed 's/{en}/{english}/g' > my.bib, which may be a problem of the main package. 5/ There can be also a mix : latex in title + utf8 in authors - I dont get a proper conversion of the utf8 letter Š to {\v S}, other letters were ok - I handled manually

Great to have your package. Best regards, Jaromir

[retorquere]

In the next release, exports will default to character translation that minimizes the need for external packages, so that the manual fixup won't be necessary, as it will default to $\rightarrow$.

[retorquere]

Wait, reaction rate for Mg22 doesn't occur in de debug log you sent.

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