sciunto-org
Use case sensitive entry type
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Creating an entry with entry = bibtexparser.model.Entry(entry_type, key, fields) won't preserve the case for the entry_type. If I use Article, it gets converted to article, etc.
This is not so nice, as other software will then change the case again when I use it.
Describe the solution you'd like Ability to preserve the given case.
Use cases Compatibility with other software, don't mess up git diffs.
Describe alternatives you've considered Manually changing; using other software for it.
Remaining Questions (Optional) Please tick all that apply:
- [ ] I would be willing to contribute a PR to fix this issue.
- [ ] This issue is a blocker, I'd be grateful for an early fix.
I confirm there's no way to do this yet.
The usecase is certainty a valid one, I'm happy to take this into our backlog. However, it should be accompanied by a "KeysToLowercase" middleware to also allow use cases where keys are assumed to be lowercase (which is helpful, e.g. when querying for specific blocks or keys).
Help wanted: Anyone, please volunteer if you'd be willing to implement this feature. Note: The implementation will require some further refinement (e.g. how to define duplicate keys). Thus, make sure to first continue the discussion here before starting with implementing this feature.
I noticed that this is not a problem, when just creating an entry and writing it. However, when reading a file with case-sensitive entry types, modifying it and saving again, then it results in lower case entry types.
This allows a manual workaround for now. After loading the file, I'll loop over the entries and manually replace the entry_type with its uppercase version before writing again.