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Suggested changes to authorsAlpha (#359)
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I think this should be changed,

1. `authorsAlpha` claim to add a `+` in certain circumstances. With the current default settings of JabRef, it doesn't do that for citation keys. First changes must be made to the "unwanted characters" list.
2. I hope I improved the readability a bit for the other two cases.

See https://discourse.jabref.org/t/key-generator-for-the-authorsalpha-year-style/2786 for more.
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k3KAW8Pnf7mkmdSMPHz27 authored Jul 6, 2021
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* **`[authorLastForeIni]`**: The forename initial of the last author
* **`[authors]`**: The last name of all authors
* **`[authorsAlpha]`**: Corresponds to the BibTeX style “alpha”,
* One author: First three letters of the last name
* Two to four authors: First letters of last names concatenated
* More than four authors: First letters of last names of first three authors concatenated with `+` at the end
* One author: The first three letters of the last name
* Two to four authors: The first letter of the last name of each author
* More than four authors: The first letter of the first three authors' last name. A `+` is added at the end if it is not in the [list of unwanted characters](citationkeypatterns.md#removing-unwanted-characters).
* **`[authorsN]`**: The last name of up to `N` authors. If there are more authors, `EtAl` is appended
* **`[authshort]`**: The last name if one author is given; the first character of up to three authors' last names if more than one author is given. A plus character is added, if there are more than three authors
* **`[auth.auth.ea]`**: The last name of the first two authors, separated by `.`. If there are more than two authors, adds `.ea`
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