Incorrect capitalization of words that include numbers in bibtext export

jm.gimenez.garcia
Hello.

I have a bibliography item with a title that starts with a capitalized word that includes a number in the middle, like this: ABC2ABC

The problem is that Zotero exports it to bibtex without capitalizing the parat after the number: title = {{ABC}2ABC}

So the title in the bibliography appears like this: ABC2abc

Is there any way to get the correct capitalization?

Thank you in advance.
  • adamsmith
    You might want to look at the better bitex add-on. Its export handles such edge cases better. We'll still look at fixing this, but might take a while.
  • jm.gimenez.garcia
    Thank you for your reply.

    The problem is that I usually work in overleaf importing the bibliography from Zotero, and it gets imported using the Zotero normal export, instead of better-bibtex's.
  • adamsmith
    we'd want "Some language {ABC2CDE} some more language" here, correct? As opposed to
    "Some language {ABC}2{CDE} some more language"?

    I'd think the two are functionally equivalent, but you never know...
  • jm.gimenez.garcia
    I also think they are functionally equivalent, but I'd go for the first one.

    Speaking about that, just wondering... if we assume that we have in Zotero the title exactly as I want it to appear in the paper, why not go for "{Some language ABC2CDE some more language}"?. It looks easier to program and less prone to unexpected behaviors.
  • adamsmith
    We don't want people to have to enter the title exactly as they want it to appear, as different journals have different requirements, e.g. "This Is a Title" vs. "This is a title"
  • emilianoeheyns
    @jm.gimenez.garcia it is possible to set up Overleaf to use BBT but it's supremely clunky to get started. You'd use a combination of Overleaf's git support, BBTs auto-export, and Sparkleshare to auto-upload the exported bib file to Overleaf.
  • emilianoeheyns
    @adamsmith I'd treat them as equivalent. In principle there could be minute kerning differences.

    You definitely don't want to do quote-brace. See here for some of the horror of doing the requisite case protection.
  • jm.gimenez.garcia
    Thank you for your replies @emilianoeheyns

    I used a similar trick using Dropbox, but in the end it was not very reliable. I'll give a shot to this one.
  • emilianoeheyns
    Overleaf had an api planned that would make it possible to push bbt-bibtex straight to them. I'm waiting for it myself.

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