Save actions
Field formatting can be tidied up when saving the database. That ensures your entries to have consistent formatting. If you check Enable save actions in the Database Properties, the list of actions can be configured.
Each action is defined by:
an entry field (upon which the action will be applied).
the type of action to be carried out (such as HTML to LaTeX, which converts HTML code to LaTeX code, as described in the window).
Dependent on the database mode, "Recommended for BibTeX" or "Recommended for BibLaTeX". When pressing this button, the recommended cleanups for the respective mode is called.
Add enclosing braces
Add braces encapsulating the complete field content. For instance
gets
However, this procedure is not recommended. It is better to use the "Protect Terms" functionality. See also https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/10772/9075.
Clear
Clears the field completely.
Escape underscores
Escape underscores
HTML to LaTeX
Converts HTML code to LaTeX code.
HTML to Unicode
Converts HTML code to Unicode.
LaTeX cleanup
Cleans up LaTeX code.
Normalize date
Normalizes the date to ISO date format. Format date string to yyyy-mm-dd or yyyy-mm. Keeps the existing String if it does not match one of the following formats:
"M/y" (covers 9/15, 9/2015, and 09/2015)
"MMMM (dd), yyyy" (covers September 1, 2015 and September, 2015)
"yyyy-MM-dd" (covers 2009-1-15)
"d.M.uuuu" (covers 15.1.2015)
Normalize en dashes
Normalizes the en dashes.
Replace “
-” with “--”.
Normalize month
Normalize month to BibTeX standard abbreviation.
Normalize names of persons
Normalizes lists of persons to the BibTeX standard. This separates authors by "and"s with first names after last name separated by a commma; first names are not abbreviated.
"John Smith" ⇒ "Smith, John"
"John Smith and Black Brown, Peter" ⇒ "Smith, John and Black Brown, Peter"
"John von Neumann and John Smith and Black Brown, Peter" ⇒ "von Neumann, John and Smith, John and Black Brown, Peter".
Normalize page numbers
Normalize pages to BibTeX standard. Format page numbers, separated either by commas or double-hyphens. Converts the range number format to page_number--page_number. Removes unwanted literals except letters, numbers and -+ signs. Keeps the existing String if the resulting field does not match the expected Regex.
Ordinals to LaTeX superscript
Converts ordinals to LaTeX superscripts, e.g. 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Will replace ordinal numbers even if they are semantically wrong, e.g. 21rd
1st Conf. Cloud Computing -> 1\textsuperscript{st} Conf. Cloud Computing
Remove enclosing braces
Removes braces encapsulating the complete field content.
Remove hyphenated line breaks
Removes all hyphenated line breaks in the field content.
Remove line breaks
Removes all line breaks in the field content.
Shorten DOI
Shortens DOI to more human readable form using http://shortdoi.org .
Unicode to LaTeX
Converts Unicode characters to LaTeX encoding.
Units to LaTeX
Converts units to LaTeX formatting. This includes:
Add braces around the unit to keep case.
Replace hyphen with non-break hyphen
Replace space with a hard space
Capitalize
Changes the first letter of all words to capital case and the remaining letters to lower case.
Lower case
Changes all letters to lower case.
Protect terms
Adds {} brackets around acronyms, month names and countries to preserve their case.
Sentence case
Capitalize the first word, changes other words to lower case.
Title case
Capitalize all words, but converts articles, prepositions, and conjunctions to lower case.
Upper case
Changes all letters to upper case.
Minify list of person names
Shortens lists of persons if there are more than 2 persons to "et al.".
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