github JabRef/jabref v5.2
JabRef Version 5.2
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3 years ago

Added

  • We added a validation to check if the current database location is shared, preventing an exception when Pulling Changes From Shared Database. #6959
  • We added a query parser and mapping layer to enable conversion of queries formulated in simplified lucene syntax by the user into api queries. #6799
  • We added some basic functionality to customise the look of JabRef by importing a css theme file. #5790
  • We added connection check function in network preference setting #6560
  • We added support for exporting to YAML. #6974
  • We added a DOI format and organization check to detect American Physical Society journals to copy the article ID to the page field for cases where the page numbers are missing. #7019
  • We added an error message in the New Entry dialog that is shown in case the fetcher did not find anything . #7000
  • We added a new formatter to output shorthand month format. #6579
  • We added support for the new Microsoft Edge browser in all platforms. #7056
  • We reintroduced emacs/bash-like keybindings. #6017
  • We added a feature to provide automated cross library search using a cross library query language. This provides support for the search step of systematic literature reviews (SLRs). koppor#369

Changed

  • We changed the default preferences for OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration to automatically sync the bibliography when inserting new citations in a OpenOffic/LibreOffice document. #6957
  • We restructured the 'File' tab and extracted some parts into the 'Linked files' tab #6779
  • JabRef now offers journal lists from https://abbrv.jabref.org. JabRef the lists which use a dot inside the abbreviations. #5749
  • We removed two useless preferences in the groups preferences dialog. #6836
  • Synchronization of SpecialFields to keywords is now disabled by default. #6621
  • JabRef no longer opens the entry editor with the first entry on startup #6855
  • We completed the rebranding of bibtexkey as citationkey which was started in JabRef 5.1.
  • JabRef no longer opens the entry editor with the first entry on startup #6855
  • Fetch by ID: (long) "SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System" replaced by (short) "SAO/NASA ADS" #6876
  • We changed the title of the window "Manage field names and content" to have the same title as the corresponding menu item #6895
  • We renamed the menus "View -> Previous citation style" and "View -> Next citation style" into "View -> Previous preview style" and "View -> Next preview style" and renamed the "Preview" style to "Customized preview style". #6899
  • We changed the default preference option "Search and store files relative to library file location" to on, as this seems to be a more intuitive behaviour. #6863
  • We changed the title of the window "Manage field names and content": to have the same title as the corresponding menu item #6895
  • We improved the detection of "short" DOIs 6880
  • We improved the duplicate detection when identifiers like DOI or arxiv are semantiaclly the same, but just syntactically differ (e.g. with or without http(s):// prefix). #6707
  • We changed in the group interface "Generate groups from keywords in a BibTeX field" by "Generate groups from keywords in the following field". #6983
  • We changed the name of a group type from "Searching for keywords" to "Searching for a keyword". 6995
  • We changed the way JabRef displays the title of a tab and of the window. 4161
  • We changed connect timeouts for server requests to 30 seconds in general and 5 seconds for GROBID server (special) and improved user notifications on connection issues. 7026
  • We changed the order of the library tab context menu items. #7171
  • We changed the way linked files are opened on Linux to use the native openFile method, compatible with confined packages. 7037
  • We refined the entry preview to show the full names of authors and editors, to list the editor only if no author is present, have the year ealier. #7083

Fixed

  • We fixed an issue changing the icon link_variation_off that is not meaningful. #6834
  • We fixed an issue where the .sav file was not deleted upon exiting JabRef. #6109
  • We fixed a linked identifier icon inconsistency. #6705
  • We fixed the wrong behavior that font size changes are not reflected in dialogs. #6039
  • We fixed the failure to Copy citation key and link. #5835
  • We fixed an issue where the sort order of the entry table was reset after a restart of JabRef. #6898
  • We fixed an issue where no longer a warning was displayed when inserting references into LibreOffice with an invalid "ReferenceParagraphFormat". #6907.
  • We fixed an issue where a selected field was not removed after the first click in the custom entry types dialog. #6934
  • We fixed an issue where a remove icon was shown for standard entry types in the custom entry types dialog. #6906
  • We fixed an issue where it was impossible to connect to OpenOffice/LibreOffice on Mac OSX. #6970
  • We fixed an issue with the python script used by browser plugins that failed to locate JabRef if not installed in its default location. #6963
  • We fixed an issue where spaces and newlines in an isbn would generate an exception. #6456
  • We fixed an issue where identity column header had incorrect foreground color in the Dark theme. #6796
  • We fixed an issue where the RIS exporter added extra blank lines.#7007
  • We fixed an issue where clicking on Collapse All button in the Search for Unlinked Local Files expanded the directory structure erroneously #6848
  • We fixed an issue, when pulling changes from shared database via shortcut caused creation of a new tech report 6867
  • We fixed an issue where the JabRef GUI does not highlight the "All entries" group on start-up #6691
  • We fixed an issue where a custom dark theme was not applied to the entry preview tab 7068
  • We fixed an issue where modifications to the Custom preview layout in the preferences were not saved #6447
  • We fixed an issue where errors from imports were not shown to the user #7084
  • We fixed an issue where the EndNote XML Import would fail on empty keywords tags forum#2387
  • We fixed an issue where the color of groups of type "free search expression" not persisting after restarting the application #6999
  • We fixed an issue where modifications in the source tab where not saved without switching to another field before saving the library #6622
  • We fixed an issue where the "Document Viewer" did not show the first page of the opened pdf document and did not show the correct total number of pages #7108
  • We fixed an issue where the context menu was not updated after a file link was changed. #5777
  • We fixed an issue where the password for a shared SQL database was not remembered #6869
  • We fixed an issue where newly added entires were not synced to a shared SQL database #7176
  • We fixed an issue where the PDF-Content importer threw an exception when no DOI number is present at the first page of the PDF document #7203

Removed

  • We removed the Google Scholar fetcher and the ACM fetcher do not work due to traffic limitations #6369
  • We removed the menu entry "Manage external file types" because it's already in 'Preferences' dialog #6991
  • We removed the integrity check "Abbreviation detected" for the field journal/journaltitle in the entry editor #3925
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