Re: Bibtex new entry key prompt

[Gautier Ponsinet]

Hello,

Roland Winkler <winkler@gnu.org> [2024-11-08 08:40 -0600]:
> I am wondering: is the prompt a big deal if you can just leave it blank
> (that is, hit RET when the command asks for a key)?  I expect that's why
> nobody worried about this for the many years this command behaves the
> way it does.  Of course, providing a user option to bypass the prompt
> altogether is easy to add, too.  (That's what the autokey approach is
> for, but it can only do its job after all fields have been filled in.)

It is indeed not a big deal. I still prefer to bypass the prompt, and so
I made the change in my config by rewriting/advising the function. This
is the content of the patch attached to my previous email. And I was
simply wondering if other users would be interested.

Still, to support the change, in case the user configures the autokey
system (which I would expect many people do), the prompt for a key is
completely useless.

(Moreover, I don't use the default emacs completion system but the
vertico package, which by default select the first candidate if I hit
ENTER. I then need to enter M-ENTER to bypass the key prompt. I prefer
to insert a template and to start filling the fields immediatly.)

All the best,
Gautier.