GNU bug report logs - #69266
30.0.50; bibtex-parse-entry misreads escaped \}

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>, 69266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69266: 30.0.50; bibtex-parse-entry misreads escaped \}
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:19:22 +0000

Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net> writes:
>> According to https://www.bibtex.org/SpecialSymbols/, characters that
>> conflict with Bibtex format description can be \-escaped.
>
> I believe the above webpage is incorrect.  If I put something like \}
> into a BibTeX field, BibTeX complains about unbalanced braces.
> This is with BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2022/Debian).
> The parsing algoritm used by BibTeX is very simple.  Generally,
> BibTeX fields should contain valid LaTeX code.  So something
> like
>      title = "$\}$tex",
>
> should work with BibTeX, but it gives the same error message
> "unbalanced braces".

I am wondering if there exists a full Bibtex format description
somewhere. I can see some hints scattered over documentation in
https://ctan.org/pkg/bibtex, but nothing is complete.

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