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<h2 id="version-2.51-august-2025">Version 2.51, August 2025</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add import filters and user options
<code>ebib-import-entries-filters</code> and
<code>ebib-biblio-import-filters</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.50-march-2025">Version 2.50, March 2025</h2>
<ul>
<li>New user options <code>ebib-import-file-functions</code> and
<code>ebib-url-download-functions</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.49-january-2025">Version 2.49, January 2025</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add new user option <code>ebib-url-fields</code> to customise the
fields that (may) contain URLs, so that they can be made clickable and
can be selected with <code>ebib-browse-url</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.48-december-2024">Version 2.48, December 2024</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add option to hide all fields that have no value.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.47-november-2024">Version 2.47, November 2024</h2>
<ul>
<li>Use completion when selecting a file or URL to view instead of
asking for a number.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.46-november-2024">Version 2.46, November 2024</h2>
<ul>
<li>Update for <code>parsebib.el</code> version 6.0.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.45-october-2024">Version 2.45, October 2024</h2>
<ul>
<li>Handle TeX markup better when creating a note.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.44-september-2024">Version 2.44, September 2024</h2>
<ul>
<li>New user option <code>ebib-doi-resolver</code>.</li>
<li>Breaking change: Remove any DOI resolver in the <code>doi</code>
field, if present, before sending a DOI to the browser.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.43-july-2024">Version 2.43, July 2024</h2>
<ul>
<li>Use standard Emacs register functionality for storing entries in
registers and jumping back to them.</li>
<li>Support for setting Ebib customisation options in directory-local
variables.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.42-june-2024">Version 2.42, June 2024</h2>
<ul>
<li>Keep navigation history and commands to navigate it.</li>
<li>Store entries in registers, in order to be able to navigate back to
them.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.41-april-2024">Version 2.41, April 2024</h2>
<ul>
<li>New user option <code>ebib-import-target-directory</code>: specify
the target directory for importing files / URLs.</li>
<li>Renamed user option <code>ebib-import-directory</code> to
<code>ebib-import-source-directory</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.40-november-2023">Version 2.40, November 2023</h2>
<ul>
<li>New user option <code>ebib-save-indent-as-bibtex</code>: use spaces
for indenting fields, and use the same indentation that
<code>bibtex-mode</code> would use.</li>
<li>Various bug fixes.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.39-september-2022">Version 2.39, September 2022</h2>
<ul>
<li>New user option <code>ebib-field-edit-functions</code> allows one to
customise the way fields are edited.</li>
<li>Use standard Emacs completion functions in field editing functions.
This especially changes the way multiple completion is handled in fields
such as <code>author</code>, <code>editor</code>, <code>file</code>,
etc.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.38-june-2022">Version 2.38, June 2022</h2>
<ul>
<li>Allow Elisp functions as handlers of external files.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.37-june-2022">Version 2.37, June 2022</h2>
<ul>
<li>Move <code>ebib-TeX-markup-replace-alist</code> and related
functions to <code>parsebib.el</code>. This makes customising the
specific behaviour a bit more difficult, because the new variable
<code>parsebib-TeX-markup-replace-alist</code> is not a user option, but
moving this functionality to <code>parsebib</code> makes it available to
other packages using that library. If you haven’t customised
<code>ebib-TeX-markup-replace-alist</code>, you shouldn’t notice any
difference.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.36-june-2022">Version 2.36, June 2022</h2>
<ul>
<li>Support for including field values from cross-referenced entries
when applying filters. Entries to which a filter applies only by virtue
of field values inherited from another entry can now be included in the
filter results.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.35-april-2022">Version 2.35, April 2022</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add support for “recursive” <code>@String</code> definitions (i.e.,
<code>@String</code> definitions in which the expansion itself contains
an <code>@String</code> abbreviation).</li>
<li>Show expansion of recursive <code>@String</code> definitions in the
Strings buffer.</li>
<li>Better handling of narrow columns in the index buffer.</li>
<li>Improved support for cleaning up TeX code when displaying titles in
the index buffer.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.34-december-2021">Version 2.34, December 2021</h2>
<ul>
<li>Display expansions of <code>@String</code> abbreviations in the
entry buffer, thanks to Hugo Heagren.</li>
<li>Display hidden and undefined fields that inherit a value from a
cross-referenced entry.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.33-november-2021">Version 2.33, November 2021</h2>
<ul>
<li>New command: <code>ebib-jump-to-field</code>, bound to
<code>j</code> in the entry buffer.</li>
<li>Add ivy actions to <code>ebib-jump-to-field</code>, thanks to <a
href="https://github.com/Hugo-Heagren">Hugo Heagren</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.32-april-2021">Version 2.32, April 2021</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add support for <a
href="https://github.com/cpitclaudel/biblio.el"><code>biblio.el</code></a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.31-march-2021">Version 2.31, March 2021</h2>
<ul>
<li>Allow the use of <code>org-capture</code> to create notes.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.30-february-2021">Version 2.30, February 2021</h2>
<ul>
<li>Redesign handling of external notes. It is now possible to have
multiple files with multiple notes in them. This may mean you need to
redo your configuration, see <a
href="ebib-manual.html#upgrading-from-earlier-ebib-versions">Upgrading
from earlier Ebib versions</a> for details.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.29-december-2020">Version 2.29, December 2020</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add support for <a
href="https://github.com/raxod502/selectrum">selectrum</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.28-october-2020">Version 2.28, October 2020</h2>
<ul>
<li>Redesign keyword handling.</li>
<li>New timestamp format. This new format is more in line with ISO 8601
and is sortable alphanumerically.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.27-october-2020">Version 2.27, October 2020</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add customisation options <code>ebib-multiline-fields</code> and
<code>ebib-fields-with-completion</code>.</li>
<li>Remove customisation option
<code>ebib-edit-author/editor-without-completion</code> (use
<code>ebib-fields-with-completion</code> instead).</li>
<li>Remove customisation options <code>ebib-file-field</code>,
<code>ebib-url-field</code> and <code>ebib-doi-field</code>. There is no
point in customising these fields, because <code>biblatex</code> expects
these fields to contain their intended values.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.26-september-2020">Version 2.26, September 2020</h2>
<ul>
<li>Copy key, entry, reference or citation to the kill ring (and system
clipboard), for easy pasting to other buffers or applications.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.25-june-2020">Version 2.25, June 2020</h2>
<ul>
<li>Allow adding the <code>.bib</code> file to Org mode links. The
option <code>org-ebib-link-type</code> determines which kinds of Org
links are created when doing <code>org-add-link</code> in an Ebib index
buffer.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.24-june-2020">Version 2.24, June 2020</h2>
<ul>
<li>Rename master/slave databases to main/dependent databases.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.23-may-2020">Version 2.23, May 2020</h2>
<ul>
<li>Allow specifying .bib files with a file-local variable (esp. for
non-LaTeX files).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.22-february-2020">Version 2.22, February 2020</h2>
<ul>
<li>Improve prompting when inserting citations.</li>
<li>Allow selecting multiple entries when inserting a citation in a text
buffer.</li>
<li>Automatically save a dependent database when an entry is added that
is being inserted into a text buffer.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.21-december-2019">Version 2.21, December 2019</h2>
<ul>
<li>New option <code>ebib-default-dir</code>: control the directory that
Ebib uses as its default directory.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.20-december-2019">Version 2.20, December 2019</h2>
<ul>
<li>Display the contents of an external note when the current entry has
one. This behaviour can be customized with the option
<code>ebib-notes-show-note-method</code>.</li>
<li>Rename <code>ebib-notes-use-single-file</code> to
<code>ebib-notes-file</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.19-november-2019">Version 2.19, November 2019</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add command <code>ebib-jump-to-entry</code> (bound to <code>j</code>
in the index buffer): quickly jump to any entry in any database using
completion.</li>
<li>Allow a full URL in the <code>doi</code> field: when passing the DOI
to a browser, <code>"https://dx.doi.org/"</code> is only added if the
contents of the <code>doi</code> field does not start with
<code>"http://"</code> <code>"https://"</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.17-june-2019">Version 2.17, June 2019</h2>
<ul>
<li>Create dependent databases, i.e., databases that share their data
with a main database but which are saved as separate <code>.bib</code>
files.</li>
<li>Use completion when editing certain fields, to make it easier to
enter e.g., author or editor names consistently.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.16-february-2019">Version 2.16, February 2019</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add command <code>ebib-download-url</code>: download pdf from a site
in the <code>url</code> field.</li>
<li>Add command <code>ebib-import-file</code>: import local file into
current database.</li>
<li>Update the menus.</li>
<li>Change display of the <code>file</code> field in the entry buffer
and make file names clickable.</li>
<li>Bug fix: Do not look for alias fields in BibTeX databases. (Alias
fields are only defined for <code>biblatex</code>).</li>
<li>Bug fix: <code>ebib-yank-field-contents</code> can now be
repeated.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.15-january-2019">Version 2.15, January 2019</h2>
<ul>
<li>Multiline field values can now be displayed in the entry
buffer.</li>
<li>Do not warn about aliased entry types when loading
<code>biblatex</code> files.</li>
<li>The abstract field is now treated as a multiline field by default,
similar to the annote/annotation field.</li>
<li>Bug fix: <code>ebib-show-annotation</code> (bound to <code>A</code>)
shows the contents of the annote field in BibTeX databases, not the
annotation field (which is <code>biblatex</code>-specific).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.14-december-2018">Version 2.14, December 2018</h2>
<ul>
<li>Change the user interface of the export functions. Calling one of
the export functions now exports to another database. The user is asked
to specify the database, enabling completion on the database names. To
export to a file, the export functions have to be called with a prefix
argument.</li>
<li>Bug fix: Handle overwriting the local BibTeX dialect correctly.</li>
<li>Bug fix: Add braces to the crossref field.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.13-november-2018">Version 2.13, November 2018</h2>
<ul>
<li>Use a separate index buffer for each open <code>.bib</code> file.
Filling the index buffer can be slow for large <code>.bib</code> files,
because of the need to calculate the tabulated columns.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.12.3-november-2018">Version 2.12.3, November 2018</h2>
<ul>
<li>Bug fix: when searching the database, only search visible
entries.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.12.2-november-2018">Version 2.12.2, November 2018</h2>
<ul>
<li>Bug fix: when editing the <code>crossref</code> field, offer keys
from all databases as completion targets, not just the current one.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.12-august-2018">Version 2.12, August 2018</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add an option to specify the default sort field and direction. It is
no longer necessary to set the desired sort field as the first column in
the index buffer, but Ebib still defaults to this if the default sort
field and direction are not set explicitly.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.11.12-july-2018">Version 2.11.12, July 2018</h2>
<ul>
<li>Use <code>biblatex</code>’s <code>Date</code> field, if present, for
displaying the year.</li>
<li>Check for changed files on disk when saving all databases, not just
when saving the current database.</li>
<li>Improve handling of multiple databases: <code>crossref</code>
entries can now occur in other open databases as well, and searches with
<code>/</code> can be continued in other databases.</li>
<li>Autogenerating keys is now on by default.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.11-january-2017">Version 2.11, January 2017</h2>
<ul>
<li>Update for <code>parsebib</code> v. 2.3.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.10-january-2017">Version 2.10, January 2017</h2>
<ul>
<li>Improved index column display.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.9-january-2017">Version 2.9, January 2017</h2>
<ul>
<li>Allow <code>%s</code> in the program strings in
<code>ebib-file-associations</code>, making it possible to pass command
line arguments to the program being called.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="december-2016">19 December 2016</h2>
<ul>
<li>Remove support for a separate rc file for Ebib. User configuration
should be moved to Emacs’ <code>init.el</code> file. To keep Ebib
customisation in a separate file, simply load it from
<code>init.el</code>.</li>
<li>The macro <code>ebib-key</code> has also been removed. Simply use
<code>define-key</code> or any other key binding mechanism to define
keys for Ebib. See the section <a
href="#modifying-key-bindings">Modifying Key Bindings</a> for
details.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="december-2016-1">7 December 2016</h2>
<ul>
<li>Upgrade Emacs dependency to 24.4.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="december-2016-2">5 December 2016</h2>
<ul>
<li>New library <code>org-ebib</code>. This defines a new Org link type
<code>ebib:</code>, which uses the command <code>org-ebib-open</code> to
open Ebib. The previous commands to do this,
<code>ebib-show-entry</code> and <code>ebib-open-org-link</code> have
been removed. <code>org-ebib</code> also allows the creation of Org
links to Ebib entries with <code>org-store-link</code>.</li>
<li>New citation insertion command <code>ebib-insert-citation</code>.
This replaces <code>ebib-insert-bibtex-key</code>, so please update your
key bindings. The new command uses <code>ivy</code> for completion if
this package is available, so that it is possible to select an entry by
typing parts of its author and/or title.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="november-2016">7 November 2016</h2>
<ul>
<li>New tabulated list interface in index buffer. This interface is not
based on Emacs’ built-in <code>tabulated-list-mode</code>, hence sorting
cannot be done by clicking on the column headers. Sorting can be done
with <code><</code>, <code>></code> (sort ascending and sort
descending, respectively, which ask for the column to sort) and
<code>=</code>, to reset to default sort (which is on the entry
key).</li>
<li>The user option <code>ebib-index-display-fields</code> is replaced
with <code>ebib-index-columns</code>, which has a different format: each
element in <code>ebib-index-columns</code> describes a column in the
tabulated view and consists of a list containing the field name, the
column’s width and a boolean indicating whether sorting on this column
is possible.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.8-26-october-2016">Version 2.8, 26 October 2016</h2>
<ul>
<li>Changed key bindings: <code>j</code> and <code>k</code> no longer
move up/down in the index, entry and strings buffers; use <code>p</code>
and <code>n</code> instead. Furthermore, <code>i</code> now executes
<code>ebib-push-bibtex-key</code> (used to be <code>p</code>), and
<code>I</code> (capital i) executes <code>ebib-browse-doi</code> (used
to be <code>i</code>).</li>
<li>In the index buffer, <code>ebib-search-next</code> (which used to be
bound to <code>n</code>) is no longer bound. Instead,
<code>ebib-search</code> (still bound to <code>/</code>) activates a
transient map which binds the keys <code>/</code> and <code>RET</code>
to <code>ebib-search-next</code>. Any other key disables the transient
keymap and is executed normally.</li>
<li>In the index buffer, <code>C-u /</code> repeats the previous search.
(This fixes a small bug that has so far gone unnoticed: moving to the
top of the databas and calling <code>ebib-search-next</code>, as
previously suggested in the manual to get around the fact that
<code>ebib-search-next</code> does not wrap, would not search the first
entry.)</li>
<li>In the entry buffer, <code>x</code> is replaced by <code>k</code>
(<code>ebib-kill-field-contents</code>).</li>
<li>New functions: <code>ebib-kill-entry</code> and
<code>ebib-yank-entry</code> for killing and yanking BibTeX entries.
<code>ebib-kill-entry</code> deletes the current entry from the database
and puts it in the kill ring. <code>ebib-yank-entry</code> adds an entry
from the kill ring to the current database.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.7-22-september-2016">Version 2.7, 22 September
2016</h2>
<ul>
<li>Reading list management: add and remove BibTeX entries to an Org
reading list.</li>
<li>Remove options <code>ebib-notes-identifier-function</code> and
<code>ebib-notes-title-function</code>.</li>
<li>Add option <code>ebib-notes-template-specifiers</code>: allow
customisation of the format specs used in
<code>ebib-notes-template</code>. (This option replaces
<code>ebib-notes-identifier-function</code> and
<code>ebib-notes-title-function</code>).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="version-2.6.3-31-august-2016">Version 2.6.3, 31 August 2016</h2>
<ul>
<li>Allow storing notes in a single file rather than using one file per
note.</li>
<li>Correct handling of DOIs.</li>
<li>Add option <code>ebib-truncate-file-names</code>: if set (the
default), file names added to the <code>file</code> field are truncated
relative to <code>ebib-file-search-dirs</code>.</li>
<li>Add option <code>ebib-file-name-mod-function</code>: modify file
paths before storing them in the <code>file</code> field.</li>
</ul>
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