Uncaught exception when saving a new Name formatter

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Hi,

When I try to save the preferences after adding a new Formatter name I get “Uncaught exception occurred in Thread[JavaFX Application Thread,5,main]” and the formatter is never saved.

I use JabRef 5.7 on Windows 10

Any clue?

Thanks,

Pierre

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Thanks for sharing. I can also reproduce the exception in the most recent development version. To better track the issue, I’ve opened an issue in the GitHub repository.

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Thanks to @HoussemNasri and @0x002A the issue is now resolved in the latest development version

Should be ready in roughly 30 minutes.
Remember to make a backup before trying out the new version.

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I was expecting my custom Name Formatter to appear as a valid author formatter when “Enabling field formatters” in the “Cleanup entries” dialog box.

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@pedroracine Can you show us the name formatter you used?

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So in the “Name formatter” preference tab, I defined a new formatter called “CEFNames” and defined as “@@{ll}, {f.}”. It does not show up in the list of formatters for the “Author” field in the “Cleanup entries” dialog box.

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Sorry, this is not possible. The Name formatters are intended for the Custom Exporters:
See the docs: Custom export filters - JabRef