On Friday 06 March 2015 11:39 PM, Richard Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Vaidheeswaran,
>
> Vaidheeswaran C <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> The following combination works when passed through the LaTeX/PDF
>> exporter. It doesn't work when the cite syntax is switched to the new
>> one.
>>
>> \cite{center_for_history_and_new_media_zotero_????}
>
> Is that a realistic example of a key?
Yes.
> What program is generating it? JabRef?
It is generated by Zotero.
> I am not too worried about this case.
Have you tried it with \cite{} and \bibliography{} combination and
seen it works or not. My argument relies on how existing tool works.
> I am guessing that the four "?"s at the end are inserted because the
> generating program wasn't sure how to encode some characters.
I see that you haven't exporter Zotero libraries to .bib files. My
guess is the 4 question marks are for "missing" (or "irrelevant") yyyy
digits.
> If key-ending punctuation turns out to be common, I would revise
> this opinion, but at the moment I don't see the need.
I am not imagining things. I am pointing out how existing tools
behave.
