Dollar sign is not escaped in file field when exported to Better BibTeX or Better BibLaTeX

[yuuyins]

Support log ID:
59LVUYVM-refs-euc

Exporter used:
Better BibTeX and Better BibLaTeX

Expected behavior:
Given an item which has attached a stored copy of a file which has in its filename a dollar sign file $ name.ext, exporting this item to either Better BibTeX or Better BibLaTeX escapes the dollar sign for the file field.

@book{test-2021-test,
  title = {Test},
  author = {{Test}},
  year = {2021},
  file = {/home/yuu/Zotero/storage/4R5EZIUE/test \$ test.epub}
}

Actual behavior:
Given an item which has attached a stored copy of a file which has in its filename a dollar sign file $ name.ext, exporting this item to either Better BibTeX or Better BibLaTeX doesn’t escape the dollar sign for the file field.

@book{test-2021-test,
  title = {Test},
  author = {{Test}},
  year = {2021},
  file = {/home/yuu/Zotero/storage/4R5EZIUE/test $ test.epub}
}

Reproduce

1. On your system, create a new file named test $ test.epub
2. On Zotero, create a new book item with the following
   • Title: Test
   • Author: Test
   • Date: 2021
   • Add attachment > Attach stored copy of file > test $ test.epub
3. Export the book item to either Better BibTeX or Better BibLaTeX

(Notice this is also reproducible when exporting collections).

[retorquere]

file is a verbatim field; the dollar sign should not be escaped in it. Which program is having difficulty reading the verbatim dollar sign?

[yuuyins]

It's the highlighting on bibtex-mode from Emacs (https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el).

I assumed this was an issue with Better BibTeX. Just tested on Emacs, opening the file with org-ref-cite-open-pdf with the cursor on the citation works, so I guess it's just a bug with the highlighting.

[github-actions]

Thanks for the feedback; there's no way you could have known, but @retorquere prefers to keep bugreports/enhancements open as a reminder to merge the change into a new release.

[retorquere]

I really need to find out why the bot won't let people close questions.