Bibtex export problems with URL (backslash)
I'm using Zotero 1.0.7 and if i export and entry as BibTeX the result is the following:
Original URL:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=_84lAAAAEBAJ&dq=Apparatus+for+automatically+setting+over-driving
Exported URL inside bib file:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=\_84lAAAAEBAJ\&dq=Apparatus+for+automatically+setting+over-driving
The exported appends a backslash ("\") before any special character (_, &, %, ...) changing the URL.
This change is required in BibTeX in the title and author fields but I guess that is not required in the URL field (I'm not sure of that).
See http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/bibtex/
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Q: Should I escape special characters (such as _ and %) within the url field of my .bib database entries?
The overwhelming consensus among TeX gurus is not to escape these special characters, but to enter them as-is in conjunction with an external URL package such as url.sty or hyperref.sty.
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Could it be possible to fix it?
Best Regards and congratulations for this great tool !!!
Chip
Original URL:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=_84lAAAAEBAJ&dq=Apparatus+for+automatically+setting+over-driving
Exported URL inside bib file:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=\_84lAAAAEBAJ\&dq=Apparatus+for+automatically+setting+over-driving
The exported appends a backslash ("\") before any special character (_, &, %, ...) changing the URL.
This change is required in BibTeX in the title and author fields but I guess that is not required in the URL field (I'm not sure of that).
See http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/bibtex/
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Q: Should I escape special characters (such as _ and %) within the url field of my .bib database entries?
The overwhelming consensus among TeX gurus is not to escape these special characters, but to enter them as-is in conjunction with an external URL package such as url.sty or hyperref.sty.
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Could it be possible to fix it?
Best Regards and congratulations for this great tool !!!
Chip
https://www.zotero.org/trac/ticket/1193