From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: William Gardella Subject: Re: zotero (or mendeley) integration with org Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:21:20 -0400 Message-ID: <87ipv2cryn.fsf@lw-wireless-pittnet-40-144.wireless.pitt.edu> References: <26045.1301154464@rgc.damtp.cam.ac.uk> <87aageppnf.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55940 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q4TEx-0007mH-FE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:21:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4TEw-00045a-3S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:21:23 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:50269) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4TEv-00042Y-PJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:21:22 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4TEb-00042V-40 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:21:01 +0200 Received: from c-24-3-20-47.hsd1.pa.comcast.net ([24.3.20.47]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:21:01 +0200 Received: from gardellawg by c-24-3-20-47.hsd1.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:21:01 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk Matt Lundin writes: > Stephen Eglen writes: > >> There was a mail-thread lastyear about zotero and integration with org. >> Now that there is an alpha release of 'org-standalone' >> http://www.zotero.org/blog/2011/02/ >> >> has anyone looked at whether this helps integrate org and zotero? >> >> I've not yet switched to a pdf manager (they're all stuffed into a >> folder, with a few subfolders, and the only meta-data is in the >> filename!), so I'd appreciate hearing what others to do to look after >> their pdfs. Mendeley is a possibility too (although syncing between >> machines is a must, and Mendeley doesn't offer that yet.) > > One option is to manage metadata in org-mode itself, relying on > org-attach to store and preserve links to the pdf files. Bibtex source > blocks can used to store bibliographical data for each pdf. > > I find the combination of emacs-w3m, google scholar, and org-mode to be > an easier and more transparent way to manage bibtex data than an > indirect route via Zotero or Mendeley. But I also prefer to edit all my > bibtex data by hand. :) > > Recoll is great for indexing. I have a mess of spaghetti code I use to > pull recoll results into a temporary org outline. I can then open the > relevant files using org links. I'd be happy to share it if anyone is > interested. > > Best, > Matt > > I use something like the setup Matt describes as well (except I haven't played with Recoll). I use org-attach to keep documents organized; usually they're attached to a :noexport: top-level heading creatively called "Documents," which contains the citation info and keeps my research/reading notes distinct from the paper I'm writing. Since my org files are themselves indexed and easily searchable, I've not felt the need for any collection management software beyond that. (For legal research it's particularly good, because I can get LEXIS to email me most legal texts as plaintext, which I then just add inline as subheadings to the Documents heading.) For bibliography generation, I use RefTeX to do my BibTeXing for me, and I use a pretty crude one bibliography database to one paper kind of system. Best, Will -- William Gardella J.D. Candidate Class of 2011, University of Pittsburgh School of Law