BibTool Manual Reference Manual Format Specification Constant Parts

Constant Parts

The simplest component of a format is a constant string. Such strings are made up of any character except whitespace and the following ten characters

    "  #  %  '  (  )  ,  =  {  }

This choice of special characters is the same as the special characters of BibTeX. Since no means is provided to include a special character into a format string we guarantee that the resulting key string is conform to the BibTeX rules.

For example the following strings are legal constant parts of a format:

  Key
  the_name.of-the-@uthor-is:

Now we come to explain the meaning of the special characters. The first case consists of the whitespace characters. They are simply ignored. Thus the following format strings are equal:¹

  Author Or Editor
  AuthorOrEditor
  A u t h o r   O r   E d i t o r

BibTool Manual Reference Manual Format Specification Constant Parts