When reading and writing a bib file: Keep everything

[koppor]

Currently, JabRef keeps the entries of a file, but throws away any lines appearing inbetween. Only the encoding information is preserved.

The bibtex reader and writer should be adapted to keep that information, too. Furthermore, it should be possible to view (and edit?!) the header of a file.

Refs JabRef#123 (comment), JabRef#391 (comment), and JabRef#123

[lenhard]

Currently, the encoding information is not preserved. JabRef writes the encoding information anew on every write.

[koppor]

Yes, but the encoding information is preserved. The concrete serialization of that information might change. But it does not happen that the file is said to be encoded in IBM865 and JabRef changes that information to UTF-8 without changing anything in the file?

[koppor]

In current JabRef: Everything seems to be preserved (except the encoding line, which is OK).

[ThiloteE]

The encoding line got removed, right? Are you sure, it does not matter? Might be the cause for JabRef#8870

I would need to do some testing... so just mentioning this here for the record.