Graphical Java application for managing bibtex (.bib) databases

JabRef

JabRef 4.1 (32-bit)

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    JabRef_windows_4_1.exe

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What's new in this version:

Changed:
- We added bracketed expresion support for file search patterns, import file name patterns and file directory patters, in addition to bibtexkey patterns
- We added support for [entrytype] bracketed expression
- Updated French translation
- We improved the handling of abstracts in the "Astrophysics Data System" fetcher
- We added support for pasting entries in different formats
- In the annotation tab, PDF files are now monitored for new or changed annotation. A manual reload is no longer necessary
- We increased the relative size of the "abstract" field in the entry editor. Feature request in the forum
- Crossreferenced entries are now used when a BibTex key is generated for an entry with empty fields
- We now set the WM_CLASS of the UI to org-jabref-JabRefMain to allow certain Un*x window managers to properly identify its windows
- We changed the default paths for the OpenOffice/LibreOffice binaries to the default path for LibreOffice
- File annotation tab now removes newlines and hyphens before newlines from content and displays an empty String instead of N/A if no contents are found
- We moved the groups field from the "Other fields" tab to "General" (you may have to reset your editor preferences under Options > Set up general fields)
- We no longer create a new entry editor when selecting a new entry to increase performance
- We added the possibility to copy linked files from entries to a single output folder
- We increased performance and decreased the memory footprint of the entry editor drastically
- Late initialization of the context menus in the entry editor. This improves performance and memory footprint further
- Integrity check "Abbreviation Detection" detects abbreviated names for journals and booktitles based on the internal list instead of only looking for . signs
- We added a dialog to show that JabRef is working on checking integrity
- When you click the PDF icon in the file list of the entry editor, then the file is opened
- We added an option to mass append to fields via the Quality -> set/clear/append/rename fields dialog
- We added a check on startup to ensure JabRef is run with an adequate Java version
- In the preference, all installed java Look and Feels are now listed and selectable
- We added an ID fetcher for IACR eprints
- We added a clear option to the right-click menu of the text field in the entry editor
- We improved the performance and memory footprint of the citation preview when CSL styles are used
- We disabled the auto completion as default, because it still causes issues

Fixed:
- We fixed the translation of textendash and textquotesingle in the entry preview
- We fixed an issue where JabRef would not terminated after asking to collect anonymous statistics
- We fixed an issue where JabRef would not shut down when started with the -n (No GUI) option
- We improved the way metadata is updated in remote databases
- We improved font rendering of the Entry Editor for Linux based systems
- We fixed an issue where JabRef would freeze when trying to replace the original entry after a merge with new information from identifiers like DOI/ISBN etc.
- We no longer allow to add a field multiple times in customized entry types and thereby fix an issue in the entry editor that resulted from having a field multiple times
- We fixed an issue where JabRef would not show the translated content at some points, although there existed a translation
- We fixed an issue where editing in the source tab would override content of other entries
- We fixed an issue where file links created under Windows could not be opened on Linux/OSX
- We fixed several issues with the automatic linking of files in the entry editor where files were not found or not correctly saved in the bibtex source
- We fixed an issue where fetching entries from crossref that had no titles caused an error
- We fixed an issue where the same Java Look and Feel would be listed more than once in the Preferences
- We fixed an issue where errors in citation styles triggered an exception when opening the preferences dialog
- We fixed an issue where entries were displayed twice after insertion into a shared database
- We improved the auto link algorithm so that files starting with a similar key are no longer found (e.g, Einstein1902 vs Einstein1902a)
- We fixed an issue where special fields (such as printed) could not be cleared when syncing special fields via the keywords
- We fixed an issue where the tooltip of the global search bar showed html tags instead of formatting the text
- We fixed an issue where timestamps were not updated for changed entries
- We fixed an issue where trying to fetch data from Medline/PubMed resulted in an error
- We fixed an issue where double clicking on an entry in the integrity check dialog resulted in an exception
- We fixed an issue where the entry type could sometimes not be changed when the entry editor was open
- We fixed an issue where dropping a pdf on the entry table and renaming it triggered an exception
- We fixed an issue where no longer existing files could not be removed from the entry by pressing the del key
- We fixed an issue where integrating external changes to a bib file caused instability
- We fixed an issue where fetched entries from the ACM fetcher could not be imported
- We fixed an issue where custom data in combobox fields in the entry editor was not saved
- We fixed an issue where automatically found files were not added with a relative paths when the bib file is in the same directory as the files