biblatex.js and uppercase

celano

Hy!

I'm using biblatex.js
My problem is:
in Zotero, title field:
My title (XX-XXI century)

becomes in my file.bib:
title = {My title {(XX-XXI} century)}

Why does the parenthese appear after '{' ??

var protectCaps = new ZU.XRegExp("\\b\\p{Letter}+\\p{Uppercase_Letter}\\p{Letter}*", 'g')

Thanks
C

noksagt

First point: It shouldn't matter much. The BibTeX processor should do the correct thing for that title (parentheses in text mode don't need to be balanced).

Second point: That isn't the code used by default. By default, case is preserved with:protectCapsRE = new ZU.XRegExp(
"(.)\\b(\\p{Letter}*\\p{Uppercase_Letter}\\p{Letter}*)" // Non-initial words with capital letter anywhere
+ "|^(\\p{Letter}+\\p{Uppercase_Letter}\\p{Letter}*)" // Initial word with capital in non-initial position
, 'g');
This captures the parenthesis.

You can add the hidden bool extensions.zotero.translators.BibTeX.export.dontProtectInitialCase and set it to true in about:config. This would use the regex you gave and the parenthesis wouldn't be put in the preserving brackets. But this would impact other capitalization on export too.

adamsmith

It doesn't for me. I get the perfectly lovely
title = {My title ({XX}-{XXI} century)},
which also corresponds to the XRegex you helpfully posted.

Are you using the better bibtex add-on? The developer, I believe, has a custom version on the biblatex translator.

Edit: I'm pretty sure I'm right here for biblatex. noksagt's answer is correct for regular bibtex.

celano

@noksagt: there is no change with your codeline: the {(XX-YY} cent.) remain
extensions.zotero.translators.BibTeX.export.dontProtectInitialCase does not appear in my about:config

@adamsmith: I'm using BibLaTeX.js 2014-08-25 06:43:15. What's your codeline?

adamsmith

That's the same, up to date version I have, but if you look at the code, it wouldn't produce what you're getting: \b wouldn't start outside the parentheses, so something odd is going on. How exactly are you exporting?