Cannot parse "@" symbol within author field

[jtackesiii]

My autocomplete was broken and I searched through my bibTex file for possible errors. Eventually I found that I had an entry for a twitter post where I included the Twitter handle as the author name (e.g. @authorname).

Removing the @ symbol fixed the problem with parsing my .bib file and thereby restored autocomplete functionality.

Even so, it is desirable to be able to include "@" symbol in the author field, as certain citation styles demand the inclusion of Twitter handles when citing posts.

[notZaki]

Thanks for noting this.

Was the "@" symbol part of the citation key or is it only part of the "author" field in the bib file?

If the "@" symbol is part of the citation key itself, then I'm not sure if pandoc will recognize something like @@key correctly.

If it is only part of the "author" field, then I think it should be ok as long as it is enclosed in curly braces. I copied over an example from this bib file, and it seems to work:

@ONLINE{10.15:103a,
  ENTRYSUBTYPE            = {Tweet},
  GROUPAUTHOR             = {{APA Education}},
  GROUPAUTHOR+an:username = {1="@APAEducation"},
  TITLE                   = {College Students are Forming Mental-Health Clubs--and They're Making a Difference @washingtonpost},
  TITLEADDON              = {Thumbnail with link attached},
  EPRINT                  = {Twitter},
  DATE                    = {2018-06-29},
  URL                     = {https://twitter.com/apaeducation/status/1012810490530140161}
}

@ONLINE{10.15:103a-simplified,
  AUTHOR = {@APAEducation},
  TITLE  = {College Students are Forming Mental-Health Clubs--and They're Making a Difference @washingtonpost},
  DATE   = {2018-06-29},
  URL    = {https://twitter.com/apaeducation/status/1012810490530140161}
}

[jtackesiii]

Thanks for the reply, Yes, I see now that the problem was that "@" was in the citation key. This means the issue is actually how I set up my bib manager to generate cite keys from metadata fields (Zotero + betterBibTex). I appreciate your help.

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