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6 <h1>Revision history</h1>
9 <h3>Version 2.4.1 (October 8th, 2008)</h3>
12 <li>Fixed bug: layout formatter arguments were not set when using a ParamLayoutFormatter loaded from plugin.</li>
13 <li>Fixed bug: when abbreviating first names, for authors with first names connected with "-", only the first letter is shown.</li>
14 <li>Enhanced ExportFormatTemplate plugins with an optional property "encoding" which overrides the default encoding with the given one.</li>
15 <li>Fixed menu colors under Windows Vista.</li>
16 <li>Fixed bug 2137771: Missing file extension when downloading.</li>
17 <li>Fixed bug 2105329: Ensure that newly added entry is visible in table.</li>
18 <li>Fixed bug 1908222: Preference "Fit table horizontally on screen" doesn't work</li>
19 <li>Fixed bug 2119059: Handling of the A1 tag in the RIS format.</li>
20 <li>Added missing help file for ACM digital library fetcher.</li>
21 <li>Added option for whether to use IEEE LaTeX journal abbreviation list.</li>
22 <li>Added tooltip to menu items in push-to-application popup menu.</li>
26 <h3>Version 2.4 (September 1st, 2008)</h3>
29 <li>Added mappings for some special characters that need to be sanitized when generating BibTeX keys.</li>
30 <li>Added ACM Digital Library fetcher by Aaron Chen.</li>
31 <li>Added new entry types (conference, patent, standard, electronic).</li>
32 <li>Improvements to IEEEXplore fetcher.</li>
33 <li>Added explanatory text to indicate that "ps" and "pdf" files are legacy features.</li>
34 <li>Fixed unexpected behaviour of "Open PDF or PS" menu item - now looks in "file" field, and does not launch search for external files.</li>
35 <li>Fixed bug 1827568: 'Save database' might not store current edit in entry editor.</li>
36 <li>Fixed bug 2027944: updating custom export definitions requires restart.</li>
40 <h3>Version 2.4beta (March 12th, 2008)</h3>
43 <li>Added "protection" flag in Database properties. When this flag is set, JabRef will refuse to save the database when the file has been externally modified, until the changes have been reviewed and partly or completely accepted.</li>
44 <li>Fixed bug where the external update notification in the side pane would remain even if the referred database was closed.</li>
45 <li>Added two new search modes - display search results in a dialog, and global search.</li>
46 <li>Support for fetching from the command line using --fetch (contributed by Jan F. Boldt and David Kaltschmidt).</li>
47 <li>Support for fetching from Spires (contributed by Fedor Bezrukov).</li>
48 <li>Support for fetching from JSTOR (contributed by Tobias Langner, Juliane Doege, Sebastian de Hoog and Christoph Jacob)</li>
49 <li>Added context menu for file list editor with options to move/rename linked file as well as to automatically move the file to file directory and optionally rename after BibTeX key.</li>
50 <li>JabRef can now be extended by plugins (using the Java Plugin Framework JPF as the underlying technology). Currently extension points exist for:
53 <li>ExportFormat based on Templates</li>
54 <li>ExportFormat based on IExportFormat (contributed by Kariem Hussein)</li>
55 <li>LayoutFormatter</li>
57 <li>PushToApplication</li>
59 JabRef uses JPFCodeGenerator (which was written just for JabRef) to generate helper classes for making JPF easier. Current version used: 0.4 http://forge.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/projects/jpfcodegen/
61 <li>Print warnings if insufficient Java version is used or if JRE is not from Sun.</li>
62 <li>Memory Stick Mode: JabRef automatically loads configuration settings from jabref.xml and also writes them there if enabled.</li>
63 <li>Improved handling of crossrefs. Fields are now resolved in preview and export.</li>
64 <li>Updated dependencies, now using: JempBox-0.2</li>
65 <li>Improved handling of ArXiv URIs.</li>
66 <li>Changed default preference value: now using import inspection dialog also when just a single entry is imported.</li>
67 <li>[ 1620792 ] Fixed: JabRef randomly hangs during Medline fetch</li>
68 <li>[ 1738920 ] Fixed: Windows Position in Multi-Monitor environment</li>
69 <li>[ 1795355 ] Fixed: LatexFieldFormatter omits "{" on beginning of optional field</li>
70 <li>[ 1297576 ] New feature: Printing of entry preview (use right-click menu)</li>
71 <li>[ 1717849 ] Fixed: Bug in aux import (contributed by Kai Eckert)</li>
72 <li>[ 1749613 ] Fixed: About translation</li>
73 <li>[ 1709449 ] Fixed: Clicking a DOI from context menu fails</li>
74 <li>[ 1869331 ] Fixed: Uninstall after silent install removes Windows start menu</li>
75 <li>[ 1723219 ] Fixed: Strange message (LyX) while installing 2.3</li>
76 <li>Added handling of unknown file types when synchronizing the file field.</li>
77 <li>Changed the way customized external file types are stored. Types are now stored in a way analogous to a diff from the default types. This allows default types added in later versions to appear immediately, even if the user has customized the list.</li>
78 <li>Moved file preferences from General tab to new File tab.</li>
79 <li>Reduced horizontal size of preferences dialog.</li>
80 <li>Fixed handling of quotes when using the "abbr" modifier for key generator (Debian bug #448917).</li>
81 <li>Download file procedure now strips query string in order to find correct file extension (Debian bug #448027). </li>
85 <h3>Version 2.3.1 (November 29th, 2007)</h3>
88 <li>Removed default applications for file types under Mac OS X, and made use of the standard "/usr/bin/open <filename>" way to open files except when an application name is explicitly set.</li>
89 <li>[ 1620792 ] Fixed: JabRef randomly hangs during Medline fetch</li>
93 <h3>Version 2.3 (November 8th, 2007)</h3>
96 <li>Added handling of unknown file types when synchronizing the file field.</li>
97 <li>Changed the way customized external file types are stored. Types are now stored in a way analogous to a diff from the default types. This allows default types added in later versions to appear immediately, even if the user has customized the list.</li>
98 <li>Moved file preferences from General tab to new File tab.</li>
99 <li>Reduced horizontal size of preferences dialog.</li>
100 <li>Fixed handling of quotes when using the "abbr" modifier for key generator (Debian bug #448917).</li>
101 <li>Download file procedure now strips query string in order to find correct file extension (Debian bug #448027).</li>
105 <h3>Version 2.3beta3 (October 6th, 2007)</h3>
108 <li>Export formats that output the character encoding now use common names for encodings instead of Java-specific names.</li>
109 <li>Added "Open" button in external link dialog box to test or use the link.</li>
110 <li>Added formatter WrapFileLinks which iterates over file links, producing a formatted string for each containing any desired information about the file link.</li>
111 <li>Applied Fedor Bezrukov patch (setting User-Agent in URLDownload to solve ArXiv problem).</li>
112 <li>Applied Aaron Chen's patch for fixing bugs in IEEExplore fetcher.</li>
113 <li>Applied Edward Valeev's patch for handling article numbers replacing pages in Refer/Endnote import.</li>
114 <li>Added toolbar button to entry editor for writing XMP-metadata.</li>
115 <li>Added paste and drag & drop support to file list editor.</li>
116 <li>Added "authorLast" and "editorLast" markers for using last author's last name in BibTeX keys.</li>
117 <li>Added support for file field in Write XMP action.</li>
118 <li>Numeric fields (year, volume, number, pmid, citeseercitationcount) are now sorted as numbers when possible.</li>
119 <li>Improvements to the Ovid import filter.</li>
120 <li>Modified AuthorLastFirstAbbreviator and AuthorAbbreviator to accept names in both last-first and first-first format, but always return in last-first format. These two formatters are identical.</li>
121 <li>[ 1648789 ] Fixed: Problem on writing XMP when option to leave out some fields was active.</li>
122 <li>[ 1561990 ] Fixed: Exporting to WinEdt - apostrophe.</li>
123 <li>Fixed bug in entry editor: source panel edits were not properly stored when clicking a different entry in the main table.</li>
124 <li>Fixed problem with "Synchronize file links" not honouring database specific file directory.</li>
125 <li>Fixed problem with file type selection in external file link editor not being up-to-date.</li>
126 <li>Fixed problem with wrong enable/disable behaviour of Clear search button when switching between tabs.</li>
127 <li>Fixed argument parsing in AbstractParamLayoutFormatter so \t and \n can be used for tabs and newlines.</li>
131 <h3>Version 2.3beta2 (August 29th, 2007)</h3>
134 <li>When user chooses to save to an existing file, and answers that the file should not be overwritten, a new file dialog now appears instead of the operation cancelling.</li>
135 <li>Removed antialias setting for main table, because it interferes with proper rendering on LCDs when running under JRE 6. Removed non-optional antialias settings for entry editor for the same reason.</li>
136 <li>Changed external link handling so remote (http) links can be sent to the external application. Applications like Evince and Gimp can open remote links.</li>
137 <li>Replaced Simle HTML export filter with improved version by Mark Schenk.</li>
138 <li>Introduced ParamLayoutFormatter interface for layout formatters that can take an argument by the following syntax: \format[MyFormatter(argument)]{\field}. Implementing classes contain a setArgument(String) method that receives the argument (if any) before the format() method is called.</li>
139 <li>Timestamp and owner fields are now set also when appending a bib file, and new options have been introduced to control whether imported/appended/pasted entries should have these fields overwritten if already set.</li>
140 <li>Added operations for adding file links in import inspection window, and made file and URL icons in the table clickable.</li>
141 <li>Removed PDF and PS columns and operations in import inspection window (replaced by operations on the "file" field).</li>
142 <li>File field column in main table now shows file type icon instead of generic icon.</li>
143 <li>Modified Endnote export to take "file" field into account, and to resolve full paths to PDF files.</li>
144 <li>Added "Auto" button to automatically set "owner" field to the default username.</li>
145 <li>Added \encoding tag for begin/end layouts in export filters to print the name of the character encoding used for the export. The tag is not available in entry layouts.</li>
146 <li>Added \% as a supported LaTeX command, producing '%'.</li>
147 <li>Fixed bug in HTMLChars: commands like {\aa} and {\o} were not processed properly, even though defined in Globals.HTMLCHARS.</li>
148 <li>Fixed bug that made it possible to accidentally close database without saving, when error occurs during the save operation.</li>
152 <h3>Version 2.3beta (June 28th, 2007)</h3>
155 <li>Added MIS Quarterly export format.</li>
156 <li>Added support for COPAC file format.</li>
157 <li>Added RemoveTilde LayoutFormatter to deal with Bibtex non-breakable spaces.</li>
158 <li>Added autocompletion feature for author/editors and other fields.</li>
159 <li>Added feature to save all open databases.</li>
160 <li>Added support for pushing citations to Vim when Vim server is enabled.</li>
161 <li>Added missing option for specifying the path to LEd.exe.</li>
162 <li>Added -s/--nosplash command line option for disabling the splash screen.</li>
163 <li>Added new field marker [auth.etal] for key generation.</li>
164 <li>Added support in XMP metadata handling for bibtex string resolution.</li>
165 <li>When opening databases, already open files are now skipped.</li>
166 <li>Option to use native instead of Swing file dialogs is now available on all OSes.</li>
167 <li>Synchronize external links now searches entire database, not selected entries.</li>
168 <li>Medline import now adds <Affiliation> information into the "institution" field.</li>
169 <li>Improved handling of external links. The 'file' field can now specify a list of external links, and arbitrary file types are supported. Old-style PDF and PS links can be moved automatically into the 'file' field.</li>
170 <li>Fixed bug in RIS and Refer/Endnote imports. Entries with editors but no authors are now imported properly.</li>
171 <li>Fixed missing export formatter AuthorFirstFirstCommas.</li>
172 <li>Fixed minor bug in Harvard export with missing space between year and title.</li>
173 <li>Fixed bug that caused lockup when connection to IEEExplore fails.</li>
174 <li>Fixed wrong dependency in OAI2/ArXiv Fetcher.</li>
175 <li>Fixed problem with foreign characters in OAI2/ArXiv Fetcher.</li>
176 <li>Fixed problem with key generation in OAI2/ArXiv Fetcher.</li>
177 <li>Fixed bug in duplicate search that made misc entries never get detected as duplicates.</li>
178 <li>Fixed bug in XMP reimport from DublinCore related to month strings.</li>
182 <h3>Version 2.2 (January 30th, 2007)</h3>
185 <li>Added progress bar to indicate progress when synchronizing PS/PDF links.</li>
186 <li>Option to autogenerate key for imported entries now also affects entries imported
187 without using the import inspection window.</li>
188 <li>Modified quick jump behaviour so sequences of letters can be found. Timeout or
189 ESC resets the search.</li>
190 <li>Improved XMP support:
192 <li>JabRef now reads and write DublinCore and Legacy Document Properties;
193 Caution needs to be used though since, JabRef does overwrite existing values.</li>
194 <li>XMP privacy filter can be used to prevent sensible fields to be exported.</li>
197 <li>Support for OAI2 identifiers with subcategories, e.g. math.RA/0601001</li>
198 <li>Fixed bug that made explicit groups appear empty after updating group tree from external change.</li>
199 <li>New windows installer thanks to Uwe Stöhr.</li>
200 <li>[ 1641247 ] Fixed: No update of preview after generating bibtex key</li>
201 <li>[ 1631548 ] Fixed: Absolute paths should be stored for last open files.</li>
202 <li>[ 1598777 ] Fixed: Month sorting</li>
203 <li>[ 1570570 ] New Feature: Deselect all duplicates on import</li>
204 <li>[ 1574773 ] Fixed: sanitizeUrl() breaks ftp:// and file:///</li>
205 <li>[ 1609991 ] Fixed: Silverplatter Import: Publisher and Year confused</li>
206 <li>[ 1608391 ] Fixed: Medline Search Editbox size gets to big</li>
210 <h3>Version 2.2beta2 (November 26th, 2006)</h3>
213 <li>Redesigned export functions to simplify GUI and provide "Export selected entries" functionality. Export filter is now chosen using the file type dropdown menu in the file dialog.</li>
214 <li>Fixed bug that caused UnsupportedEncodingException on Windows when saving.</li>
215 <li>Added warning dialog when exporting failed.</li>
216 <li>Added fix for exporting special chars in RTF like éóú...</li>
217 <li>Added NameFormat LayoutFormatter based on Bibtex method name.format$</li>
218 <li>Added Fetch from ArXiv.org to Web Search<br />
219 [1587342] Quering ArXiv (and any OAI2 Repository)</li>
220 <li>[1594123] Fixed: Failure to import big numbers in Bibtex</li>
221 <li>[1594169] Fixed: Entry editor navigation between panels faulty</li>
222 <li>[1588028] Fixed: Export HTML table has relative DOI URL</li>
223 <li>[1601651] Fixed: PDF subdirectory - missing first character</li>
227 <h3>Version 2.2beta (October 13th, 2006)</h3>
230 <li>Added Mark Schenk's advanced HTML export filter.</li>
231 <li>Added options to copy/move/link to dragged linkable file (pdf, ps, etc.).</li>
232 <li>Removed unnecessary output text when scanning for external file changes.</li>
233 <li>Changed layout of entry editor to solve problem with collapsing text fields.</li>
234 <li>Added first version of support for XMP-metadata in PDFs.
236 <li>"Import into..."</li>
237 <li>Integrate with copy/move/link.</li>
238 <li>Added option to write all/selected PDFs in database</li>
241 <li>Added tooltips to database tabs showing the file's full path.</li>
242 <li>Added function for setting or clearing specific fields in selected or all entries.</li>
243 <li>Setting a relative PDF/PS path in Database Properties now makes JabRef look for the directory relative to the bib file's location.</li>
244 <li>Removed Oxford comma from AuthorList...Comma-LayoutFormatters.</li>
245 <li>Added LayoutFormatters that print the Oxford comma.</li>
246 <li>Added missing space between abbreviated author first names: William Andrew Paul => W. A. Paul (used to be W.A. Paul)</li>
247 <li>Added LayoutFormatter for HTML paragraphs.</li>
248 <li>Changing Database Properties now causes the database to be marked as changed.</li>
249 <li>Improved simple search. Words are now treated as separate search terms, and phrases can be indicated with "double quotes".</li>
250 <li>When a letter key is pressed in the table, the first entry starting with the same letter (in the current sort column) is selected.</li>
251 <li>Bib files dragged into JabRef now appear in the Recent files menu.</li>
252 <li>Fixed bug in import dialog.</li>
253 <li>Better support for ISI files in general (should basically be better than INSPEC) including IEEE parsing.</li>
254 <li>Added regular expression search for auto-linking. Search is now more flexible by default.</li>
255 <li>Search operation also now search relative to the JabRef directory.</li>
256 <li>General improvements in Inspec ISI handling.</li>
257 <li>New LayoutFormatter: AuthorOrgSci - first author is in "last, first" all others in "first last". First names are abbreviated.</li>
258 <li>New LayoutFormatter: NoSpaceBetweenAbbreviations - spaces between multiple abbreviated first names are removed.</li>
259 <li>Improved PDF link resolver to produce proper URIs.</li>
260 <li>[1503956] Fixed: Help text instead of Help icon.</li>
261 <li>[1542552] Fixed: Wrong author import from ISI file.</li>
262 <li>[1534537] Fixed: resize groups interface</li>
263 <li>[1465610] Fixed: (Double-)Names containing hyphen (-) not handled correctly</li>
264 <li>[1436014] Fixed: No comma added to separate keywords</li>
265 <li>[1548875] Fixed: download pdf produces unsupported filename</li>
266 <li>[1545601] Fixed: downloading pdf corrupts pdf field text</li>
267 <li>[1285977] Fixed: Impossible to properly sort a numeric field</li>
268 <li>[1535044] Fixed: Month sorting</li>
269 <li>[1540646] Fixed: Default sort order: bibtexkey</li>
270 <li>[1553552] Fixed: Not properly detecting changes to flag as changed</li>
273 <h3>Version 2.1 (August 9th, 2006)</h3>
276 <li>Added capability to drag files and WWW links into JabRef. BibTeX files will be opened normally, other files imported, and WWW links downloaded and imported.</li>
277 <li>The -v command line option now makes the application only print version number and quit immediately.</li>
278 <li>Duplicates within a set of imported entries are now found and shown in the import inspection window.</li>
279 <li>Mac users can now choose between native and Swing file chooser under Preferences -> Advanced.</li>
280 <li>Fixed missing duplicate warning when importing without import inspection window.</li>
281 <li>Fixed error in ISI import which allowed empty fields to be set, causing errors when saving and reloading entries.</li>
282 <li>Fixed missing time and owner stamps when importing entries (only in 2.1b/2.1b2).</li>
283 <li>Fixed erroneous updates in entry editor if user switches to a different entry while downloading PDF/PS file.</li>
284 <li>Fixed bug (only in 2.1b2) in calling file open/save dialog on Mac OS X.</li>
285 <li>Fixed bug that made duplicate resolver dialog pop under import inspection dialog.</li>
288 <h3>Version 2.1beta2 (June 29th, 2006)</h3>
291 <li>Added option to toggle floating of marked entries to the top of the table.</li>
292 <li>Added option to open, append and import multiple BibTeX files.</li>
293 <li>Improved support for LaTeX special characters in HTML and RTF representations.</li>
294 <li>Fixed bug that made entry selection get lost when an edit modifies the entry's position in the main table.</li>
295 <li>Fixed bug in BibTeXML export (entry type name missing in tag).</li>
296 <li>Fixed name handling in (non-compliant) Endnote files giving all author names on the same line.</li>
297 <li>Fixed problem with keyword handling in Medline import.</li>
298 <li>Fixed (harmless) NullPointerException when medline fetch is cancelled.</li>
299 <li>Fixed bug in parser that made {"} illegal in fields quoted with ".</li>
302 <h3>Version 2.1beta (May 9th, 2006)</h3>
305 <li>Known issue: font sizes cannot be changed, but should follow OS settings on Windows and Mac.</li>
306 <li>Known issue: some HTML may be handled inappropriately when downloading from IEEEXplore.</li>
307 <li>Changed Paste function so timestamp and owner fields are updated.</li>
308 <li>Added "Other" item to the "New entry ..." menu.</li>
309 <li>Changed sorting order so marked entries are displayed at the top of the table.</li>
310 <li>Added IEEEXplore search and download feature.</li>
311 <li>Added option to store entries in their original order. Unsorted table view now shows entries in their original order.</li>
312 <li>Added option to autogenerate keys for entries with missing keys before each save.</li>
313 <li>Improved handling of external URLs to prevent problems with special characters.</li>
314 <li>Medline and Endnote imports no longer automatically add curly braces around capital letters in title.</li>
315 <li>Float search now scrolls table to the top.</li>
316 <li>Fixed lockup problem in preview with uneven number of # characters in fields.</li>
317 <li>Fixed problem with default content selector fields reappearing after removal.</li>
318 <li>Fixed problem with unsupported character encodings being selectable and causing unreported save errors.</li>
319 <li>Fixed bug that blocked last line in table columns setup from being removed.</li>
320 <li>Fixed missing export formats from command line.</li>
321 <li>Fixed bug that made Review tab impossible to remove from entry editor.</li>
322 <li>Fixed bug in Medline XML import that assigned wrong PMID for some entries.</li>
323 <li>Fixed bug in custom export that collapsed sequences of two or more backslashes into a single backslash in output.</li>
324 <li>Fixed bug (misspelled formatter name) in Harvard RTF export.</li>
327 <h3>Version 2.0.1 (February 2nd, 2006)</h3>
330 <li>Fixed bug that made a hidden entry editor under some circumstances store a field value to the wrong entry.</li>
331 <li>Fixed synchronization bug that made the opening of a new database sometimes fail.</li>
332 <li>Fixed bug in setting external journal lists when no personal list is set.</li>
335 <h3>Version 2.0 (January 30th, 2006)</h3>
338 <li>Changed sorting selection interface for main table for more intuitive operation.</li>
339 <li>Made import operation update "working directory".</li>
340 <li>Removed hard-coded author/editor name rearrangement in OpenOffice and OpenDocument exports.</li>
341 <li>Fixed hangup when parsing RIS files from Nature.</li>
342 <li>Fixed NullPointerException when generating database from AUX file on Mac OS X.</li>
343 <li>Fixed bug in routine for adding braces around capital letters.</li>
344 <li>Fixed bug in switching preview layouts.</li>
345 <li>Fixed bug in link handling in entry preview.</li>
348 <h3>Version 2.0b2 (January 15th, 2006)</h3>
351 <li>Changed field order in OpenDocument export
352 to comply with bibliography requirement.</li>
353 <li>Added support for inserting citations into
354 Emacs using gnuserv/gnuclient.</li>
355 <li>Added option to set a regular expression
356 replace operation on generated bibtex keys.</li>
357 <li>Added support for custom importers inside
359 <li>Fixed bug in opening URLs containing "&"
363 <h3>Version 2.0b (January 4rd, 2006)</h3>
366 <li>Added a system for registering custom import
367 formats in the form of Java classes.</li>
369 <li>Added export option for OpenDocument
372 <li>Added new options for name formatting in main
375 <li>Added REPEC-NEP import filter.</li>
377 <li>Added option for non-field parameters for export
378 formatters. If the parameters does not start with the
379 backslash character, it will be passed unchanged to the
380 formatter in place of any field value.</li>
382 <li>Added export formatter CurrentDate, which returns
383 the current date, and takes a format string as
386 <li>Added customization of table colors, accessible
387 from Tools -> Preferences -> Entry table.</li>
389 <li>Added new Appearance tab to preferences dialog to
390 gather appearance related options.</li>
392 <li>Added toggling of abbreviated and full journal
393 names. The list of journals is realized as an external
394 file, but editable from a Manage Journal Abbreviations
395 panel. Secondary lists can also be linked, but not
396 edited. There is a download option to quickly get a
397 list available on the internet, and we will provide one
398 or more lists for download from the SourceForge web
401 <li>Added functionality for new JabRef instances to
402 detect a running instance, and send command line
403 parameters to the running instance for processing.</li>
405 <li>Added handling of HTML links in preview panel.</li>
407 <li>Added confirmation dialog when database is saved
408 and the chosen encoding doesn't support all characters.
409 Gives options to save, cancel or try a different
412 <li>The encoding used when opening a database is now
413 remembered, and used when database is stored.</li>
415 <li>Added review field for research comments, paper
418 <li>Added option to disable wrapping for certain
419 fields. Wrapping of pdf, ps, doi and url is disabled by
422 <li>Antialiasing option now affects entry editor text
423 fields as well as table text.</li>
425 <li>Changed to monospaced font in source editor
428 <li>Removed option to put double braces around BibTeX
429 fields, but retained option to remove double braces
430 when loading. Added option to put braces around capital
431 letters of a chosen set of fields.</li>
433 <li>Improved Ovid import.</li>
435 <li>Fixed problem with ordering of BibTeX strings that
436 are referred to by other strings.</li>
438 <li>Fixed problem with loading 16-bit encoded bib files
439 with 8-bit encoding as default, and vice versa.</li>
441 <li>Fixed multiplying authors bug when author/editor
442 field appears both in Required and Optional tabs.</li>
444 <li>Fixed startup freeze when trying to load certain
445 malformed bib files.</li>
447 <li>Fixed bug related to multi-line fields in RIS
450 <li>Fixed bug related to looking up a fully qualified
453 <li>Included review field to preview panel 1, which
454 shows the abstract</li>
456 <li>Fixed bug where booktitle field was not displayed
457 in preview for conference proceedings, similar to
461 <h3>Version 1.8.1 (September 15th, 2005)</h3>
464 <li>Added automatic timestamp with configurable format
467 <li>Added new key generator modifier ":abbr" to
468 abbreviate field contents.</li>
470 <li>Added Help button in Preferences -> Entry
473 <li>Added Big5, Big5_HKSCS and GBK encodings for
476 <li>Improved marking feature. Username is now used for
477 marking, so different users can mark entries separately
478 without interference.</li>
480 <li>Improved handling of names such as "Firstname de la
481 Lastname jr.", with different handling for presentation
482 and sorting purposes. Key generation now should always
483 use the genuine last name, and not produce keys like
486 <li>Removed duplicate warning from inspection dialog
487 for non-selected entries.</li>
489 <li>Fixed setting of sheet name in OpenOffice.org Calc
492 <li>Fixed bug that prevented PDF/PS opening by F4 from
493 automatically finding files in subdirectories below the
494 main PDF/PS dir.</li>
496 <li>Fixed BibTeX parser bug that made it choke on short
497 comment strings.</li>
499 <li>Fixed bug that made regexp search fail for fields
500 containing newline characters.</li>
502 <li>Fixed platform-dependent handling of newline
505 <li>Fixed bug that prevented command line import with
506 explicit format.</li>
508 <li>Fixed bug that made it impossible to disable table
511 <li>Fixed AuthorAndsCommaReplacer.</li>
514 <h3>Version 1.8 (July 30th, 2005)</h3>
517 <li>Search panel now starts visible if it was visible
518 at last shutdown.</li>
520 <li>Added option to disable import inspection window
521 when only one entry is being imported.</li>
523 <li>Fixed parser bug that caused problems for bib files
524 containing extra characters after the last entry.</li>
526 <li>Fixed missing month in JStor import.</li>
528 <li>Fixed some bugs in "new from plain-text"
532 <h3>Version 1.8b2 (July 13th, 2005)</h3>
535 <li>Changed handling of external updates so the
536 notification is suppressed when there are no actual
539 <li>Changed autodetecting import so BibTeX files are
540 handled more similarly to other formats.</li>
542 <li>Enabled sorting by icon columns.</li>
544 <li>Added option to remove BibTeX source panel from
547 <li>Added command line option to not load any files at
548 startup. Will override any autoloading or other command
549 line options that normally load or import files.</li>
551 <li>Added handling of duplicates to import inspection
554 <li>Made entry preview be updated whenever the
555 selection is expanded by one row, to make it more
556 useful while selecting a set of entries.</li>
558 <li>Changed BibTeX field parsing to avoid inserting
559 line breaks at wrong places.</li>
561 <li>Improved handling of page numbers in Medline
564 <li>Fixed import of file links when importing SixPack
567 <li>Fixed bug that prevented closing of search
568 interface when no databases are open.</li>
570 <li>Fixed OpenOffice Calc export to be compatible with
571 OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta.</li>
573 <li>Fixed bugs in Refer/Endnote import filter.</li>
575 <li>Fixed bug that caused changes to be lost in some
576 cases when the same field is present in multiple entry
579 <li>Fixed bug that prevented command line autodetecting
580 import from working with BibTeX files.</li>
582 <li>Fixed minor bug in routine for removing double
586 <h3>Version 1.8b (June 6th, 2005)</h3>
589 <li>Added option to store bib file with double
592 <li>Follow @input tags in aux files to indicate nested
593 aux files for generating subdatabases.</li>
595 <li>Improved wrapping and formatting of bib files, to
596 preserve paragraph separator (empty line).</li>
598 <li>Added test buttons for customization of preview
601 <li>Added inspection dialog for previewing and
602 generating keys for imported entries, and deciding
603 which ones to keep and discard. The dialog allows
604 inspection during long import processes such as Medline
607 <li>Restructured layout to use a common side pane with
610 <li>Added import filter for Cambridge Scientific
611 Abstracts (CSA) format.</li>
613 <li>Added PS directory with similar options as
616 <li>Added [authshort] and [edtrshort] key field
617 markers. Patch submitted by Kolja Brix.</li>
619 <li>Made the program remember preview enable
622 <li>Improved handling of illegal regular expressions in
625 <li>Removed options to search only Required, Optional
626 and/or General fields, in order to simplify search
629 <li>Changed keys for Next and Previous tab to CTRL-PGDN
630 and CTRL-PGUP to match shortcuts in a certain popular
633 <li>Minor change to Preferences -> Table columns to
634 enable insertion of column in position 2.</li>
636 <li>Fixed parser bug that caused problems for files
637 with >10000 entries.</li>
639 <li>Fixed bug in entry editor that caused the source
640 edit panel to remove marking from entries.</li>
642 <li>Fixed export bug that made "\begin" tags fail if
643 encountered immediately after an "\end" tag.</li>
645 <li>Fixed export bug that made whitespace disappear
646 after empty field values.</li>
648 <li>Fixed ISI import bug that handled SO fields with
649 line breaks wrong.</li>
651 <li>Fixed bug occuring when choosing not to import
652 duplicate imported entry.</li>
654 <li>Fixed problem with detecting popup trigger on Mac
655 OSX with one button mouse.</li>
657 <li>Fixed erroneous relative paths for PDF files when
658 PDF directory is not set.</li>
660 <li>Fixed entry preview to resolve string
664 <h3>Version 1.7.1 (April 11th, 2005)</h3>
667 <li>Removed unnecessary stack traces when opening
668 external viewer.</li>
670 <li>Fixed bug that made Ctrl-E destroy current edit in
673 <li>Fixed problem when copying modified BibTeX key gave
676 <li>Fixed missing 'booktitle' import in CONF entries in
679 <li>Fixed bug that made group tree disappear for
680 certain keyword expressions.</li>
682 <li>Fixed bug that made standard BibTeX fields be saved
683 without line wrapping.</li>
686 <h3>Version 1.7 (March 20th, 2005)</h3>
689 <li>When fetching from Medline or CiteSeer, fetched
690 entry is now opened in editor.</li>
692 <li>Added French translations of help files.</li>
694 <li>Added color highlighting of focused text field in
697 <li>Added option in context menu of entry editor for
698 changing capitalization of field contents.</li>
700 <li>Added name conversion "Smith, RA" -> "Smith, R.
701 A." to Medline import.</li>
703 <li>Updated task bar icon.</li>
705 <li>Fixed bug that left some search settings items
706 inappropriately disabled.</li>
708 <li>Fixed bug that caused requirement for restart to
709 register change in default key pattern.</li>
711 <li>Fixed bug that caused crash some times after
712 adding/removing field content selectors.</li>
714 <li>Fixed bug in recognizing custom entry types when
715 reading bib files.</li>
717 <li>Fixed bug that allowed a deleted entry to stay
718 visible in the entry editor.</li>
721 <h3>Version 1.7b2 (March 7th, 2005)</h3>
724 <li>Made side pane resizable.</li>
726 <li>Replaced entry customization dialog with improved
729 <li>Added standard entry type "conference", similar to
730 "inproceedings".</li>
732 <li>Added "default" label pattern to avoid the need to
733 set similar patterns manually.</li>
735 <li>Added line wrapping to metadata in saved .bib file
736 to avoid long lines.</li>
738 <li>Added "bibtexkey" as implicit fourth sort
739 criterion, to minimize problem with almost similar
740 entries swapping places.</li>
742 <li>Added OpenOffice.org Calc export filter that
743 exports spreadsheet compatible with the OpenOffice.org
744 bibliography feature.</li>
746 <li>Added a couple of previously unsupported
747 publication types in SciFinder.</li>
749 <li>Added extra shortcuts CTRL-+ and CTRL-- for
750 switching tabs in entry editor, since original
751 shortcuts CTRL[-SHIFT]-TAB is used by some window
754 <li>Updated Endnote export filter.</li>
756 <li>Fixed focus and key binding problems for switching
757 tabs/entries in entry editor</li>
759 <li>Fixed bug that prevented required fields tab from
760 appearing for entries with only bibtex key as required
763 <li>Fixed bug that prevented the user from changing the
764 default encoding.</li>
766 <li>Fixed bugs in RIS import.</li>
768 <li>Fixed bug 1112050; freeze when reading certain
769 author fields with mismatched braces.</li>
772 <h3>Version 1.7 beta (January, 27th, 2005)</h3>
775 <li>Changed routine for rearranging author names
776 (Lastname, Firstname) so bracketed expressions are
777 treated as units.</li>
779 <li>Grouping controls now allow group hierarchies, and
780 now allow explicit and search expression groups as well
781 as keyword groups.</li>
783 <li>Added full customization of general fields
786 <li>Added option to preserve formatting for non-BibTeX
789 <li>Added integrity check for database.</li>
791 <li>Added export filters EndNote and Harvard RTF.</li>
793 <li>Added automatic import format chooser for import
794 (same as wildcard import below).</li>
796 <li>Added wildcard (*) option for command-line import,
797 to try to automatically determine the correct
800 <li>Improved layout of Preferences dialog.</li>
802 <li>Improved several import filters.</li>
804 <li>Added authIniN/edtrIniN key formatters.</li>
806 <li>Marked entries now float to the top when no
807 searching or grouping reordering is active.</li>
809 <li>Fixed problem with opening file dialog on Win NT -
810 AWT dialog is now opened if Swing dialog fails.</li>
813 <h3>Version 1.6 (November 27th, 2004)</h3>
816 <li>Improved handling of entry selection in various
817 ways. E.g. selected entry is now scrolled into view
818 when opening entry editor and entry is kept selected
819 when importing CiteSeer fields.</li>
821 <li>Fixed update bug between autogenerated bibtex key
822 and source panel.</li>
824 <li>Fixed missing . at the end of last author name in
827 <li>Fixed NullPointerException on certain special
828 characters when exporting to BibTeXML.</li>
830 <li>Fixed bug that sometimes prevented the unmarking of
833 <li>Fixed problem with formatting one-name
836 <li>Various other bugfixes.</li>
839 <h3>Version 1.6 beta (November 8th, 2004)</h3>
841 In an effort to produce better and more stable releases,
842 we have decided to release a beta versions prior to
843 future versions. We start out with today's beta release
844 of version 1.6. Users can now choose whether to download
845 and use the beta version for earlier access to new
846 features, or whether to wait for the final, better-tested
847 version. The final 1.6 version is expected to be released
848 in a few weeks from today.
851 <li>Added mnemonic keys to menus and menu items.</li>
853 <li>Added MODS and tab-separated file export</li>
855 <li>Added facility for detecting and handling external
856 changes to open bib files.</li>
858 <li>Added scan option for exact duplicates with
859 automatic removal.</li>
861 <li>Bibtex strings are now sorted automatically.</li>
863 <li>Bibtex strings are now resolved when exporting
866 <li>Fixed problem with field content selector getting
867 too wide. Limited width.</li>
869 <li>Fixed PDF/PS view routine to remove problems with
870 filenames containing spaces.</li>
872 <li>Fixed bug that interfered with Fetch Medline by ID,
873 and fixed parsing problem with certain Medline
876 <li>Fixed bug that interfered with Push to WinEdt.</li>
878 <li>Fixed HTML output so \c{c} is handled
881 <li>command line option for generating a sub-database
882 from LaTex aux file entries</li>
884 <li>simple copy/paste menu in entry editor</li>
886 <li>experimental: text-input-area with underlying
887 infotext in plaintext import dialog</li>
890 <h3>Version 1.55 (October 12th, 2004)</h3>
893 <li>Made method for opening PDF files robust with
894 regard to file separators (/ and \), so bib files can
895 easier be used across platforms.</li>
897 <li>Improved Medline fetcher. Can now fetch entries
898 based on a search expression.</li>
900 <li>Added features for fetching fields and referring
901 publications from the CiteSeer database.</li>
903 <li>Added option to always save database ordered by
904 author/editor/year, and made this the default
907 <li>When a single entry is selected, right-click menu
908 now shows a checkbox menu for group memberships instead
909 of the regular "Add to" and "Remove from" menus.</li>
911 <li>Improved [shorttitle] and [veryshorttitle] special
912 key pattern fields.</li>
914 <li>Added dialog box for conveniently setting the
915 fields of an entry from a plain text description.</li>
917 <li>Added formatter "ResolvePDF" to create correct
918 PDF/PS links in HTML export when relative file names
921 <li>Added Abstract panel in entry editor.</li>
923 <li>Added alternate preview with abstract, and made
924 both previews configurable.</li>
926 <li>Added the option to create a subset of a database
927 based on an .aux file.</li>
929 <li>Added 'Cancel' button to duplicate resolver dialog,
930 so the process can be stopped.</li>
932 <li>Added check for spaces in custom entry type
935 <li>Added several new key pattern markers.</li>
937 <li>Added toolbar buttons for Mark/Unmark to improve
938 discoverability.</li>
940 <li>Fixed bug that made export filters ignore the
941 chosen character encoding.</li>
943 <li>Fixed bug that interfered with author name
946 <li>Fixed various bugs in import filters.</li>
948 <li>Fixed bug that prevented confirmation dialog when
949 deleting entry from the entry editor.</li>
951 <li>Fixed bug that made the next entry be opened
952 instead of the current, when pressing Enter in
955 <li>Fixed bug that made it possible to leave a source
956 edit when the source didn't validate properly. Also
957 made it impossible to change table selection until
958 source validates.</li>
961 <h3>Version 1.5 (August 3rd, 2004)</h3>
964 <li>Added Highlight and select options to the group
965 interface, and made it possible to change the number of
966 visible lines in the list.</li>
968 <li>Added option to allow or disallow direct table
971 <li>Added optional confirmation dialog for deleting
974 <li>Added optional warning dialog for duplicate BibTeX
977 <li>Added warnings to bibtex parser, and prevented
978 failure to load files with duplicate string
981 <li>Added JStor import filter.</li>
983 <li>Changed the look and feel to JGoodies Forms on
984 non-Macintosh platforms.</li>
986 <li>Optimized performance in several areas.</li>
988 <li>Numerous usability improvements.</li>
990 <li>Fixed RIS import bug caused by short lines.</li>
992 <li>Fixed bug in SciFinder import.</li>
994 <li>Fixed bug that made entire field get cleared when
995 removing from group.</li>
998 <h3>Version 1.4 (June 6th, 2004)</h3>
1000 Version 1.4 provides command line options for importing
1001 and exporting files, advanced search, custom export
1002 filters, and several bug fixes and minor changes.
1005 <li>Added advanced search feature.</li>
1007 <li>Added facility for using custom export
1010 <li>Added command line options for importing/exporting
1011 files, importing/exporting, user preferences, loading
1012 session and for suppressing the GUI (using RitOpt for
1013 parsing options).</li>
1015 <li>Added automatic stripping of \url{} when opening
1018 <li>Improved export filters.</li>
1020 <li>Fixed focus bug which sometimes interfered with
1021 cut/copy/paste.</li>
1024 <h3>Version 1.3.1 (May 9, 2004)</h3>
1026 Release 1.3.1 resolves a couple of severe bugs in 1.3.
1027 All users who have downloaded 1.3 should upgrade (the
1028 bugs in 1.3 impaired functionality but did not pose a
1031 <h3>Version 1.3.* (May 9, 2004)</h3>
1033 This release adds entry preview, detection of duplicate
1034 entries, persistent entry marking, new import and export
1035 filters, better linking to PDF/PS/URL/DOI, and better Mac
1036 OS X compatibility. There are several other changes and
1037 improvements, and many bugfixes.
1039 <h3>Version 1.2 (March 21, 2004)</h3>
1041 The icon set has been replaced. Notable new features are
1042 French language support, key generator customization,
1043 string replace, and BibTeXML import. Several bugs have
1046 <h3>Version 1.19 (Feb 19,2004)</h3>
1049 <li>Entry editor is now opened for an entry that causes
1050 an error when saving.</li>
1052 <li>Added options to display names in harmonised format
1053 in the main table.</li>
1055 <li>Added Docbook and (experimental) HTML export.</li>
1057 <li>Enabled 'doi' and 'pii' fields for Medline
1060 <li>Enabled antialiasing fonts.</li>
1062 <li>Added the Kunststoff look&feel to give a more
1063 pleasant user interface.</li>
1065 <li>Added font selector for the main table.</li>
1067 <li>Improved table column customization.</li>
1069 <li>Added word selector feature for selected fields
1070 (keywords, journal).</li>
1072 <li>Added support for German and Norwegian
1075 <li>Generalized copy cite key features for multiple
1078 <li>Added quick load/save session feature.</li>
1080 <li>Fixed issue/number bug in ISI import.</li>
1082 <li>Added "Open pdf/ps" item in right-click menu.</li>
1084 <li>Fixed bug causing external viewer to only work in
1085 General fields.</li>
1087 <li>Added functionality for using Browse buttons for
1088 file-related fields (ps, pdf, etc.).</li>
1090 <li>Added Browse buttons to External programs tab in
1093 <li>Fixed bug related to Save database and Source field
1094 which caused changes to disappear.</li>
1097 <h3>Version 1.1 (Jan 02, 2004)</h3>
1100 <li>Added bibtex key uniqueness checking, and prevented
1101 autogeneration from generating non-unique keys.</li>
1103 <li>Added command line option to load file on
1106 <li>Fixed problem with autogeneration creating invalid
1109 <li>Improved Refer/Endnote import.</li>
1111 <li>Added feature for importing entries and/or strings
1112 and/or group definitions from another BibTeX
1115 <li>Added menu choices to import into open
1118 <li>Added toolbar button for closing current
1121 <li>Fixed shortcut key for "Store field" in entry
1122 editor, and fixed problem that made shortcut for "Save
1123 database" unavailable from entry editor.</li>
1125 <li>Added option to fetch Medline entries automatically
1126 by ID, based on a patch submitted by Mike Smoot.</li>
1128 <li>Fixed bug in RIS import.</li>
1130 <li>Added options to copy key and copy "\cite{key}" to
1131 right-click menu.</li>
1133 <li>Fixed bug that caused some General fields not to
1136 <li>Enabled customization of General fields.</li>
1138 <li>Enabled customization of existing entry types, and
1139 definition of new types.</li>
1142 <h3>Version 1.0 (Nov 29, 2003)</h3>
1144 First release of JabRef