`$` in entry causes fatal error
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disastrid commented
I've been using the CLI to parse a bibtex file of conference proceedings, which includes abstracts. Every time the parser hits a dollar sign ($
) it errors out (it took me awhile to figure out which character was causing the problem).
If anyone else has this issue you can escape the characters in the text with \$
as a temporary fix.
Here's the error output:
at Lexer._token (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/moo/moo.js:533:13)
at Lexer.next (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/moo/moo.js:480:19)
at Grammar.consumeToken (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/@citation-js/core/lib/util/grammar.js:34:31)
at Grammar.Text (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/@citation-js/plugin-bibtex/lib/input/text.js:330:18)
at Grammar.consumeRule (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/@citation-js/core/lib/util/grammar.js:48:37)
at Grammar.MathString (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/@citation-js/plugin-bibtex/lib/input/text.js:309:24)
at Grammar.consumeRule (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/@citation-js/core/lib/util/grammar.js:48:37)
at Grammar.Text (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/@citation-js/plugin-bibtex/lib/input/text.js:323:18)
at Grammar.consumeRule (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/@citation-js/core/lib/util/grammar.js:48:37)
at Grammar.BracketString (/Users/abi/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/lib/node_modules/citation-js/node_modules/@citation-js/plugin-bibtex/lib/input/text.js:272:22)
larsgw commented
Thank you for taking the time to make a bug report! What version of Citation.js are you using?
larsgw commented
I am only able to reproduce this in the case of unbalanced $
which do need to be escaped in all TeX-based syntax, as far as I am aware. If you have a different problem, please provide more information.