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JabRef 5.12

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What's new in this version:

Added:
- We added a scite.ai tab in the entry editor that retrieves 'Smart Citation' tallies for citations that have a DOI. koppor#375
- We added a dropdown menu to let users change the reference library during AUX file import
- We added a button to let users reset the cite command to the default value
- We added the option to use System Preference for Light/Dark Theme
- We added scholar.archive.org as a new fetcher
- We integrated predatory journal checking as part of the Integrity Checker based on the check-bib-for-predatory
- We added a 'More options' section in the main table right click menu opening the preferences dialog
- When creating a new group, it inherits the icon of the parent group

Changed:
- We moved the location of the 'Open only one instance of JabRef' preference option from "Network" to "General"
- The two previews in the change resolver dialog now have their scrollbars synchronized
- We changed the setting of the keyword separator to accept a single character only
- We replaced "SearchAll" in Web Search by "Search Selected"
- Short DOI formatter now checks, if the value is already formatted. If so, it returns the value instead of calling the ShortDOIService again
- We upgraded to JavaFX 21.0.1. As a consequence JabRef requires now macOS 11 or later and GTK 3.8 or later on Linux 10627.
- A user-specific comment fields is not enabled by default, but can be enabled using the "Add" button
- We upgraded to Lucene 9.9 for the fulltext search. The search index will be rebuild
- When using "Copy..." -> "Copy citation key", the delimiter configured at "Push applications" is respected

Fixed:
- We fixed an issue where the added protected term has unwanted leading and trailing whitespaces, where the formatted text has unwanted empty brackets and where the word at the cursor in the textbox can be added to the list
- We fixed an issue where in the merge dialog the file field of entries was not correctly merged when the first and second entry both contained values inside the file field
- We fixed some small inconsistencies in the user interface
- We fixed the issue where the Hayagriva YAML exporter would not include a parent field for the publisher/series
- We fixed issues in the external file type dialog w.r.t. duplicate entries in the case of a language switch
- We fixed an issue where the right-click action "Copy cite..." did not respect the configured citation command under "External Programs" -> "Push Applications"

Removed:
- We removed duplicate filtering and sorting operations in the MainTable when editing BibEntries

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