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For more complex scenarios such as typesetting mathematical formulae, you should again expect the results to be different.For text with markup (e.g., typewriter text, superscripts, etc.), you should expect different results: here References uses standard unicode letters and applies the markup using font variations, whereas JabRef uses a separate collection of already-marked-up unicode symbols.For simple cases such as accented letters (á) and simple mathematical symbols ( ε), JabRef and References should give the same results.This decision is deliberate: it is technically infeasible to simulate JabRef's conversion precisely, and so by using References' conversion instead you will at least know what to expect (since you can already see the results of References' conversion within the app). When processing JabRef dynamic groups, References uses its own TeX-to-unicode conversion process, which differs from JabRef's in many ways (see examples below). In most cases, JabRef applies search rules to entries after this conversion has taken place. Unicode symbols in searches: JabRef tries to convert from TeX to unicode when it displays entries (e.g., it will convert the TeX to the unicode symbol ü).For example, JabRef will not allow \w (a word character) to match an accented letter such as á, whereas References will also, JabRef will not match Á with á in a case-insensitive regular expression, whereas References will. However, due to differences in the underlying programming languages, there are small variations in how these regular expressions behave, particularly with respect to accented symbols. cossio (Jorge Fernández De Cossío Díaz) July 23, 2017, 10:27pm 3. Zotero and Mendeley are primarily for word processors like MS. Jabref and BibDesk are primarily for Latex (bibtex). So, they are different with different audience.
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Regular expressions: JabRef allows regular expressions in its dynamic group rules, and References supports these. Jabref doesn’t attemp to insert references to word processors like Zotero does.Crossref inheritance: As before, References allows entries to inherit fields through their crossrefs, whereas JabRef's dynamic group rules do not generally look at inherited fields.