# HG changeset patch
# User Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
# Date 1148334647 0
# Node ID 2a874a2efaf4bd86e1afb7788d670f784a02e0b5
# Parent  b599bb78c1fc185e7b9e628d6664d2a77dc4ec31
(bibtex-format-entry, bibtex-clean-entry):
Signal more user-friendly error messages.

diff -r b599bb78c1fc -r 2a874a2efaf4 lisp/ChangeLog
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Mon May 22 18:09:40 2006 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Mon May 22 21:50:47 2006 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-05-22  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+	* textmodes/bibtex.el (bibtex-format-entry, bibtex-clean-entry):
+	Signal more user-friendly error messages.
+
 	* complete.el (PC-do-completion): Undo the addition of implicit
 	wildcards if they did not lead to finding any match.
 	(read-file-name-internal): Don't add the final > if the completion is
diff -r b599bb78c1fc -r 2a874a2efaf4 lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el
--- a/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el	Mon May 22 18:09:40 2006 +0000
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el	Mon May 22 21:50:47 2006 +0000
@@ -1803,7 +1803,8 @@
 
         ;; identify entry type
         (goto-char (point-min))
-        (re-search-forward bibtex-entry-type)
+        (or (re-search-forward bibtex-entry-type nil t)
+            (error "Not inside a BibTeX entry"))
         (let ((beg-type (1+ (match-beginning 0)))
               (end-type (match-end 0)))
           (setq entry-list (assoc-string (buffer-substring-no-properties
@@ -3879,7 +3880,8 @@
   (interactive "P")
   (let ((case-fold-search t)
         (start (bibtex-beginning-of-entry))
-        (_ (looking-at bibtex-any-entry-maybe-empty-head))
+        (_ (or (looking-at bibtex-any-entry-maybe-empty-head)
+	       (error "Not inside a BibTeX entry")))
         (entry-type (bibtex-type-in-head))
         (key (bibtex-key-in-head)))
     ;; formatting