Variable: bibtex-sort-ignore-string-entries

bibtex-sort-ignore-string-entries is a customizable variable defined in bibtex.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

If non-nil, BibTeX @String entries are not sort-significant.

That means they are ignored when determining ordering of the buffer
(e.g., sorting, locating alphabetical position for new entries, etc.).

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.29.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el.gz
(defcustom bibtex-sort-ignore-string-entries t
  "If non-nil, BibTeX @String entries are not sort-significant.
That means they are ignored when determining ordering of the buffer
\(e.g., sorting, locating alphabetical position for new entries, etc.)."
  :group 'bibtex
  :type 'boolean)