Subject: 28.1.90; bibtex-beginning-of-entry does not always move point the the actual beginning

From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:46:21 +0800

Hi,

Consider the following BibTeX entry:

@misc{placeholder,
  author =	 {Mamoru Miura <[email-masked]>},
  created =	 {[2022-07-19 Tue 09:44]},
  howpublished = {ML:Org mode},
  link =
                  {notmuch:id:[email-masked]},
  note =	 {Online; accessed 19 July 2022},
  title =	 {Re: Bug: Appointments duration and effort sums in
                  agenda column view [9.3.7 (release_9.3.7-700-ga1e5be
                  @ ~/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)]},
  typealt =	 {email},
  year =	 2022,
}

Put the point at the "year" field and run
M-: (bibtex-beginning-of-entry)

Observed: Point moves to the @ ~/.emacs.d line.
Expected: Point moves to @misc

The problem is not only with the direct call to
bibtex-beginning-of-entry, but also shows up in functions that make use
of this function. For example, (bibtex-generate-autokey) or
(bibtex-autokey-get-title) will treat "title" field as empty in the
above scenario.

Best,
Ihor

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