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<H1>The string editor</H1>
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<em>Opened from the main window by <em>Edit strings</em> or pressing a
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button in the toolbar.</em>
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<em>Strings</em> are the <em>bibtex</em> equivalent to constants in a
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programming language. Each string is defined with a unique
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<em>name</em> and a <em>content</em>. Elsewhere in the database, the
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name can be used to represent the content.
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For instance, if many entries are from a journal with an abbreviation
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that may be hard to remember, such as 'J. Theor. Biol.' (Journal of
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Theroretical Biology), a string named JTB could be defined to
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represent the journal's name. Instead of repeating the exact journal
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name in each entry, the characters '#JTB#' (without quotes) are put into the
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<em>journal</em> field of each, ensuring the journal name is written
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identically each time.
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A string reference can appear anywhere in any field, always by enclosing
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the string's name in a pair of '#' characters. This syntax is specific for
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JabRef, and differs slightly from the <em>bibtex</em> notation that
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is produced when you save your database.
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A string may in the same way be referred in the content of another
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string, provided the referred string is defined <em>before</em> the
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<p>While the order of strings in your BibTeX file is important in some cases,
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you don't have to worry about this when using JabRef. The strings will be displayed
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in alphabetical order in the string editor, and stored in the same order, except when
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a different ordering is required by BibTeX.
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<h1>The string editor</h1>
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<p><em>Opened from the main window
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by</em> Edit strings or pressing a button in the toolbar.</p>
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<p><em>Strings</em> are the <em>bibtex</em> equivalent to
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constants in a programming language. Each string is defined
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with a unique <em>name</em> and a <em>content</em>. Elsewhere
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in the database, the name can be used to represent the
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<p>For instance, if many entries are from a journal with an
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abbreviation that may be hard to remember, such as 'J. Theor.
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Biol.' (Journal of Theroretical Biology), a string named JTB
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could be defined to represent the journal's name. Instead of
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repeating the exact journal name in each entry, the characters
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'#JTB#' (without quotes) are put into the <em>journal</em>
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field of each, ensuring the journal name is written identically
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<p>A string reference can appear anywhere in a field, always by
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enclosing the string's name in a pair of '#' characters. This
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syntax is specific for JabRef, and differs slightly from the
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<em>bibtex</em> notation that is produced when you save your
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database. Strings can by default be used for all standard
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BibTeX fields, and in <b>Preferences -> General ->
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File</b> you can opt to enable strings for non-standard fields
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as well. In the latter case you can specify a set of fields
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that are excepted from string resolving, and here it is
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recommended to include the 'url' field and other fields that
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may need to contain the '#' character and that may be processed
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<p>A string may in the same way be referred in the content of
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another string, provided the referred string is defined
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<em>before</em> the referring one.</p>
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<p>While the order of strings in your BibTeX file is important
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in some cases, you don't have to worry about this when using
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JabRef. The strings will be displayed in alphabetical order in
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the string editor, and stored in the same order, except when a
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different ordering is required by BibTeX.</p>
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