From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric Schulte" Subject: Re: [ANN] org-bibtex.el --- convert between Org headings and bibtex entries Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:15:55 -0600 Message-ID: <87hb9s1xsu.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87y6357q81.fsf@gmail.com> <4DAEA6E0.7040103@christianmoe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59293) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCdrN-0005ZR-4a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:18:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCdrL-000453-V8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:18:49 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41]:49782) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QCdrL-00044w-Nv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:18:47 -0400 Received: by pzk32 with SMTP id 32so837726pzk.0 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:18:47 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: mail@christianmoe.com Cc: Org Mode Christian Moe writes: > Cool! Thanks for this. I understand the Fireforg project provides part > of this functionality (integrated with Zotero), but this free-standing > tool looks helpful. Three quick comments: > > - I tried to just put this on my load path and require it, but there > seems to be a name conflict with the existing org-bibtex.el, which > provides for BibTeX links. > Oh, good point, I suppose if this is ever winds up in the contrib directory of Org-mode it will need a name change (although no alternate options immediately jump to mind). In the interim I guess you are best off explicitly loading the file with `load'. > > - Trying to create a book type entry, I get prompted only for > :editor', not for `:author'. > Thanks, this is now fixed. > > - Fireforg namespaces the property names with a `BIB_', > e.g. `:BIB_author:', and some people might find that useful as an > option. > I just added a new variable `org-bibtex-prefix' which could be set to e.g., "BIB_" to use such a name prefix. > > - I'd find it helpful with a user option for org-bibtex-fleshout to > prompt for optional fields as well. > Agreed, when `org-bibtex-check' or `org-bibtex-check-all' are called with a prefix argument, they will call `org-bibtex-fleshout' with an optional argument which will result in the inclusion of optional fields. Best -- Eric > > Yours, > Christian > > > On 4/20/11 1:52 AM, Eric Schulte wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In an attempt to organize my reading notes, I've written the following >> tool which allows both for exporting Org-mode headlines with bibtex >> meta-data to bibtex entries, and for reading existing bibtex entries >> into Org-mode headings. >> >> One nice feature of these functions is the ability to check that all >> required fields are present in a given headline based on the bibtex type >> (e.g., :article, :inproceedings), and prompt for missing fields. >> >> See the top of the elisp file for more usage information. >> https://github.com/eschulte/org-bibtex/blob/master/org-bibtex.el >> >> Cheers -- Eric >> > > -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/