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25.1; tab in bibtex

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From: Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.1; tab in bibtex
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:58:07 -0400

This is a request to change one of the default key bindings in
bibtex mode.  TAB is bound to bibtex-find-text.  This causes an
error when pasting text containing a tab character into a
terminal-based emacs.  Tab characters are often used for
formating in bibtex files, in particular in the output of the
conversion utility bibutils.

I suspect that bibtex-find-text is rarely used, since it does
almost the same thing as C-e in most cases.  I would suggest
having tab self-insert, and leaving bibtex-find-text without
a key, or possibly finding a new key combination for bibtex-find-text.


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 of 2016-08-30 built on buildvm-06.phx2.fedoraproject.org
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From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pit <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24683: 25.1; tab in bibtex
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:10:39 -0400

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On 2016-10-13 09:58, Daniel Gildea wrote:
> This is a request to change one of the default key bindings in
> bibtex mode.  TAB is bound to bibtex-find-text.  This causes an
> error when pasting text containing a tab character into a
> terminal-based emacs.  Tab characters are often used for
> formating in bibtex files, in particular in the output of the
> conversion utility bibutils.

Does your terminal not support bracket paste?

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Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24683: 25.1; tab in bibtex
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:38:07 -0400

On Thu, October 13, 2016 at 10:10AM, Clément Pit--Claudel wrote:
> On 2016-10-13 09:58, Daniel Gildea wrote:
> > This is a request to change one of the default key bindings in
> > bibtex mode.  TAB is bound to bibtex-find-text.  This causes an
> > error when pasting text containing a tab character into a
> > terminal-based emacs.  Tab characters are often used for
> > formating in bibtex files, in particular in the output of the
> > conversion utility bibutils.
> 
> Does your terminal not support bracket paste?
> 

Cool, I didn't know about that!  Enabling bracket paste
in my .emacs solves the problem.  It would still be nice to have
it work by default, either by changing the TAB binding or by
making bracket paste on by default.

Thanks.

Message #14 received at 24683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu>
Cc: 24683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24683: 25.1; tab in bibtex
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:06:56 +0100

Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> On Thu, October 13, 2016 at 10:10AM, Clément Pit--Claudel wrote:
>> On 2016-10-13 09:58, Daniel Gildea wrote:
>> > This is a request to change one of the default key bindings in
>> > bibtex mode.  TAB is bound to bibtex-find-text.  This causes an
>> > error when pasting text containing a tab character into a
>> > terminal-based emacs.  Tab characters are often used for
>> > formating in bibtex files, in particular in the output of the
>> > conversion utility bibutils.
>> 
>> Does your terminal not support bracket paste?
>> 
>
> Cool, I didn't know about that!  Enabling bracket paste
> in my .emacs solves the problem.  It would still be nice to have
> it work by default, either by changing the TAB binding or by
> making bracket paste on by default.

I think this is already the case.  From NEWS.25:

   ** Emacs now uses "bracketed paste mode" on text terminals that support it.
   [...]
   Bracketed paste mode is disabled by default, so Emacs automatically
   enables it at startup if the terminal supports it.
   
So I guess this bug report could be closed?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Message #17 received at 24683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 24683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24683: 25.1; tab in bibtex
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:48:34 -0500

On Mon, November 11, 2019 at  3:06PM, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> So I guess this bug report could be closed?

yes!

Message #22 received at 24683-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu>
Cc: 24683-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24683: 25.1; tab in bibtex
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:56:48 +0100

Daniel Gildea <gildea <at> cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> On Mon, November 11, 2019 at  3:06PM, Stefan Kangas wrote:
>> So I guess this bug report could be closed?
>
> yes!

Thanks, closing the bug with this message.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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