The attached bug escapes LaTeX's special characters in bibitem labels. (same method as in
InsetHyperlink)
fixes http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/5786
OK?
regards Uwe
Index: InsetBibitem.cpp
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--- InsetBibitem.cpp (revision 35564)
+++ InsetBibitem.cpp (working copy)
@@ -122,6 +122,54 @@
break;
}
docstring const & old_key = params()["key"];
+ docstring const & old_label = params()["label"];
+ docstring label = p["label"];
+
+ // definitions for escaping
+ int previous;
+ static docstring const backslash = from_ascii("\\");
+ static docstring const lbrace = from_ascii("{");
+ static docstring const rbrace = from_ascii("}");
+ static char_type const chars_escape[6] = {
+ '&', '_', '$', '%', '#', '^'};
+ static char_type const brackets_escape[2] = {'[', ']'};
+
+ if (!label.empty()) {
+ // The characters in chars_name[] need to be changed to a command when
+ // they are in the name field.
+ for (int k = 0; k < 6; k++)
+ for (size_t i = 0, pos;
+ (pos = label.find(chars_escape[k], i)) != string::npos;
+ i = pos + 2) {
+ if (pos == 0)
+ previous = 0;
+ else
+ previous = pos - 1;
+ // only if not already escaped
+ if (label[previous] != '\\')
+ label.replace(pos, 1, backslash + chars_escape[k] + lbrace + rbrace);
+ }
+ // The characters '[' and ']' need to be put into braces
+ for (int k = 0; k < 2; k++)
+ for (size_t i = 0, pos;
+ (pos = label.find(brackets_escape[k], i)) != string::npos;
+ i = pos + 2) {
+ if (pos == 0)
+ previous = 0;
+ else
+ previous = pos - 1;
+ // only if not already escaped
+ if (label[previous] != '{')
+ label.replace(pos, 1, lbrace + brackets_escape[k] + rbrace);
+ }
+
+ if (old_label != label) {
+ p["label"] = label;
+ cur.forceBufferUpdate();
+ buffer().invalidateBibinfoCache();
+ }
+ }
+
setParam("label", p["label"]);
if (p["key"] != old_key) {
updateCommand(p["key"]);
