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bug#57246: biblatex don't recognize video type entry
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#57246: biblatex don't recognize video type entry |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:52:57 -0700 |
Roland Winkler <winkler@gnu.org> writes:
> In Emacs BibTeX mode the problem is here that all biblatex entry types
> are defined via the rather "big" user variable
> bibtex-biblatex-entry-alist. So the idea is that users can customize
> this variable and define additional entry types. However, this is not a
> very practical strategy. From a technical perspective, there is still
> bug#53606. Also, as biblatex evolves, the default value of
> bibtex-biblatex-entry-alist is continuously updated with each release of
> Emacs. (Usually this refers to small changes concerning biblatex entry
> types that are already defined via this variable.) However, if a user
> customizes this variable in whatever way, she will miss the updated
> default value when the next release of emacs is shipped.
How about just having two variables instead? One for users, and one for
the mode itself.
For an example, see `dired-guess-shell-alist-default' and
`dired-guess-shell-alist-user'.