# ADS/Harvard entries contain latex commands, leading to a blank field in list view

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ads-harvard-entries-contain-latex-commands-leading-to-a-blank-field-in-list-view/685>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 12, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ads-harvard-entries-contain-latex-commands-leading-to-a-blank-field-in-list-view/685 "2017-07-12T09:33:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![beep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@beep](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/beep)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ads-harvard-entries-contain-latex-commands-leading-to-a-blank-field-in-list-view/685/1 "2017-07-12T09:33:02Z")

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Unfortunately, newer Jabref versions which use the Unicode interpreter for the list view are unusable in my experience. Some bibtex entries from ADS/Harvard ([http://adsabs.harvard.edu/](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/)) use journal names like “\prl” or “\prb” which are not only not displayed in the list view, but are also not searchable (example reference: [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib\_query?bibcode=2016PhRvB..94k5137R&data\_type=BIBTEX&db\_key=PHY&nocookieset=1](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2016PhRvB..94k5137R&data_type=BIBTEX&db_key=PHY&nocookieset=1)).

This makes it essentially impossible to auto-handle these entries after import. Even field renaming requires that I can at least find and select the corresponding entries.

Thanks for any advice!

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ads-harvard-entries-contain-latex-commands-leading-to-a-blank-field-in-list-view/685/2 "2017-07-12T12:11:56Z")

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Thanks for the report,  
I guess the unicode converter tries to interpret this is as a latex command.

Seems like we need to add a list of excluded latex like symbols/macros

I filed a bug:  
[https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2999](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2999)  
Regards

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**Author:** ![beep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@beep](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/beep)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ads-harvard-entries-contain-latex-commands-leading-to-a-blank-field-in-list-view/685/3 "2017-07-12T12:44:40Z")

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Thanks for taking this concern seriously, it is much appreciated!  
Cheers from a long-time fan of Jabref 👍🏻

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**Author:** ![beep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@beep](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/beep)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ads-harvard-entries-contain-latex-commands-leading-to-a-blank-field-in-list-view/685/4 "2017-07-30T12:48:12Z")

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Following up on my earlier question: Since the parser cannot handle unknown latex commands, can I somehow disable it completely? I really don’t need parsing in the list view.

Thank for any tips!