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Key generator new field marker

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Description

Is your suggestion for improvement related to a problem? Please describe.
Some authors have double names separated by a whitespace or a hyphen which generates long citation keys. Truncating the keys after N characters leads to more or less cryptic keys.

Describe the solution you'd like
To have more natrual keys I'd like to have a key marker that truncates the authors last name after the first non-ASCII character. I tried achiving this through a regex but did not succeed.

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No files, tests, or implementation entry points are named. Start by reviewing the key-generator and field-marker documentation in this repository, then determine whether this request belongs in user documentation or requires a JabRef feature change; done should include an agreed marker syntax and corresponding documentation or implementation path.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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