src/Pure/PIDE/document.scala

--- a/src/Pure/PIDE/document.scala	Thu Dec 21 22:07:30 2017 +0100
+++ b/src/Pure/PIDE/document.scala	Thu Dec 21 22:38:28 2017 +0100
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@
 
       def path: Path = Path.explode(File.standard_path(node))
 
+      def is_bibtex: Boolean = Bibtex.check_name(node)
+
       def is_theory: Boolean = theory.nonEmpty
 
       def theory_base_name: String = Long_Name.base_name(theory)
@@ -320,6 +322,12 @@
 
     def command_start(cmd: Command): Option[Text.Offset] =
       Node.Commands.starts(commands.iterator).find(_._1 == cmd).map(_._2)
+
+    def get_text: String =
+      get_blob match {
+        case Some(blob) => blob.bytes.text
+        case None => command_iterator(0).map({ case (cmd, _) => cmd.source }).mkString
+      }
   }
 
 
@@ -528,6 +536,7 @@
 
     def node_required: Boolean
     def get_blob: Option[Blob]
+    def is_bibtex: Boolean = node_name.is_bibtex
     def bibtex_entries: List[Text.Info[String]]
 
     def node_edits(