Variable: bibtex-dialect

bibtex-dialect is a customizable variable defined in bibtex.el.gz.

Value

BibTeX

Documentation

Current BibTeX dialect. For allowed values see bibtex-dialect-list.

To interactively change the dialect use the command bibtex-set-dialect.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 24.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 24.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/textmodes/bibtex.el.gz
(defcustom bibtex-dialect 'BibTeX
  "Current BibTeX dialect.  For allowed values see `bibtex-dialect-list'.
To interactively change the dialect use the command `bibtex-set-dialect'."
  :group 'bibtex
  :version "24.1"
  :set (lambda (symbol value)
         (set-default symbol value)
         ;; `bibtex-set-dialect' is undefined during loading (no problem).
         (if (fboundp 'bibtex-set-dialect)
             (bibtex-set-dialect value)))
  :type '(choice (const BibTeX)
                 (const biblatex)
                 (symbol :tag "Custom"))
  :safe #'symbolp)