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inconsistent parsing functions in bibtex-mode
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Roland Winkler |
Subject: |
inconsistent parsing functions in bibtex-mode |
Date: |
Wed, 30 May 2018 13:46:33 -0500 |
Unexpectedly I was hit again by an old problem with bibtex-mode:
This mode defines functions bibtex-beginning-of-entry and
bibtex-end-of-entry which are *similar* to beginning-of-defun and
end-of-defun. However: repeated calls of these functions do not
move point beyond the current BibTeX entry. So, while it would be
nice in bibtex-mode to bind beginning-of-defun-function and
end-of-defun-function to these bibtex-mode functions, this won't
work at the moment.
Hence my question: how to deal with this? I guess the options are:
(1) Keep the behavior of these functions the way they are.
(2) Align the behavior of these functions with what other modes do.
I want to check here before possibly investing more time into option
(2). I doubt that many people use these commands interactively in a
way that changing their behavior would disturb their work flow. I
expect that (if at all) this may affect people who have somehow
customized bibtex-mode for their needs. But it's hard to predict
details.
- inconsistent parsing functions in bibtex-mode,
Roland Winkler <=