On 23 May 2012 14:06, Peter Flynn <pfl...@ucc.ie> wrote:
> A user has some .bib files which were created by hand (typing in
> entries, not copy-and-paste). These were done in a fresh download and
> install of JabRef onto a Windows 7 laptop.
>
> The files say in the header comment that they are in Cp1252 encoding,
> and that appeared to be the default. This came to light when the user
> tried to use them in conjunction with a LaTeX document using
> [utf8x]{inputenc} where the .bbl file gave errors for some of the
> characters.
True, Cp1252 is the default encoding under Windows.
> I have changed her JabRef default to UTF-8, but when I re-save the
> existing files, they still say they are in Cp1252 (and indeed they still
> give errors). Does JabRef honour the default encoding for existing
> documents, or is there a way to force conversion?
Changing the default has no effect when saving an existing bib file,
because the encoding written in the file header will be chosen
regardless of the default. However, you can change the bib file's
encoding under File -> Database properties. This should do the trick
in your case.
> The user only needs áéíóú and ÁÉÍÓÚ in the .bib files, which work on
> other systems when LaTeX uses [utf8x]{inputenc} (the LaTeX document
> itself needs UTF-8 for many other characters).
>
> Is there a way to make JabRef to use UTF-8 throughout and not slip back
> into Cp1252 just because it happens to be running under Windows?
When creating a new bib file (or starting from a non-JabRef bib file),
the default you have chosen in JabRef will be used. If the bib file is
then moved to other computers, the encoding should be kept as long as
the file is only handled using JabRef.
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Morten
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