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(bibtex-auto-fill-function): Adapted for use with changed autofill policy of emacs-19.30 (uses now fill-prefix instead of indent-line-function). (bibtex-indent-line-function): Removed (not used any more). (bibtex-make-field): Was broken when called non-interactively. (bibtex-make-field): Point is now placed on closing brace or quote (suggested by Karl Eichwalder <[e-mail]>). (bibtex-clean-entry): Comma after last field isn't deleted anymore (new standard in BibTeX 0.99 and 1.xx). (bibtex-enclosing-reference-maybe-empty-head): Works with entries with comma after last field. (bibtex-reference): Permits entries with comma after last field. (bibtex-font-lock-keywords): Enhanced to support new field-name characters (suggested by Martin Maechler <[e-mail]>). (bibtex-field-name): Now numbers (not as the first sign), dashes, and underscores are allowed (suggested by Martin Maechler <[e-mail]> and Oren Patashnik <[e-mail]>). (bibtex-make-field): Was broken on lines containing non-parenthesized entries (reported by Karl Eichwalder <[e-mail]>). (bibtex-validate-buffer): Changed so that preamble references are ignored (same as string entries) (reported by Martin Maechler <[e-mail]>). (bibtex-enclosing-reference-maybe-empty-head): New function to be used in case reference head may be empty. (bibtex-clean-entry, bibtex-pop-previous, bibtex-pop-next): Uses now bibtex-enclosing-reference-maybe-empty-head. (bibtex-mode): Added support for font-lock mode. (bibtex-font-lock-keywords): New variable with font-lock keywords for BibTeX mode. (bibtex-make-optional-field): Not longer interactive (suggested by Karl Eichwalder <[e-mail]>). (bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries): Set to nil, since it requires more user attention and more restricted files to have this set to t. (bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries, bibtex-sort-ignore-string-entries): Made buffer local, since it may depend on the buffer which preferences to use. (bibtex-validate-buffer): Looking for correct sort order only when bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries is non-nil. Put a comment in the `KNOWN BUGS' section about the quote-inside-quotes problem. (whole file): Changed string `true' in some documentation strings to `non-nil' (e.g. `if variable has a true/non-nil value'). (bibtex-mode-map): Changed `move/edit' to `bibtex-edit'. (bibtex-sort-entries): Now works correctly with `@String' entries inside BibTeX files (i.e. after the occurence of other references). (bibtex-validate-buffer): Inserted code which looks if entries are balanced (a single non-escaped quote inside braces was not detected till now, but bibtex-sort-entries stumbles about it). (bibtex-entry): bibtex-move-outside-of-entry is only called when bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries is nil (otherwise bibtex-find-entry-location determines the correct location). (bibtex-find-entry-location): Now uses binary search. As before, it assumes that the buffer is sorted without duplicates (but as before it is only called when bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries is t). Ignores `@String' entries if told so via variable bibtex-sort-ignore-string-entries. (bibtex-clean-entry): Respect bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries when inserting autokey. (bibtex-validate-buffer): Searching whole buffer for duplicates and correct order is now done directly instead of calling bibtex-find-entry-location (since this is to be reprogrammed to use a binary search instead a sequential one). (bibtex-parse-keys): May now be called with an optional parameter which (if t) tells bibtex-parse-keys that it should abort if input is pending. (bibtex-mode): The instance of bibtex-parse-keys called in auto-save-mode-hook is now called with this new parameter set to t, so an auto-save caused by exceeding auto-save-interval is now aborted immediately if user is still typing. (bibtex-print-help-message, bibtex-clean-entry): Use now constant strings instead of custom ones. (bibtex-clean-entry): Changed the call of bibtex-enclosing-reference to a more specific call so entries without a key (here allowed) can be handled. (bibtex-reference-key): Cleared off parentheses (caused string entries enclosed by parentheses instead of braces to be not added to bibtex-completion-candidates). (bibtex-complete-string): Made it use bibtex-string. (bibtex-keys, bibtex-buffer-last-parsed-for-keys-tick): New buffer-local variables to make parsing of BibTeX buffer for reference keys (needed by TAB completion in minibuffer when entering key) more occasional. (bibtex-parse-keys): New function to parse for keys (functionality was partially included in bibtex-entry). (bibtex-entry): Changed to use bibtex-parse-keys. (bibtex-mode): Installs bibtex-parse-keys as an auto-save-mode-hook, so whole buffer is parsed at most when it is autosaved. (bibtex-clean-entry): Calls bibtex-parse-keys on the new entry, so bibtex-keys remains consistent for new entries that are finished by calling this function (most should). (bibtex-inside-field): Be independent on current setting of bibtex-field-right-delimiter (allows more intermixing between quotes and braces). (bibtex-make-field): Last change didn't make it work correctly when called non-interactively by bibtex-entry (fixed).

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