On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Titus von der Malsburg wrote: > > On 2015-05-30 Sat 01:20, Xebar Saram wrote: > > Hi all > > > > i have been using jabref for the past 2-4 years in my academia work to > > manage my reference library. i dont use latex (..its on my TODO > list...when > > (f ever) i have time..) so for now i just want something to manage my > > references. the key things i need to move over from jabref are: > > Author of helm-bibtex here. > > > 1. easy add references > > Helm-bibtex doesn’t deal with this because I prefer to edit my BibTeX > file by hand. BibTeX retrieved from journals is almost always messy and > I need to edit it anyway. It’s not too hard, though: I click on BibTeX > export on the journal page, the BibTeX file is opened in Emacs, I fix > it, and use a command that appends it to my bibliography. > > However, I think org-ref has tools that do more to support importing new > entries and org-ref combines well with helm-bibtex. Org-ref has doi-utils that let you add bibtex entries and download PDFs from a doi or crossref query. > > > 2. a way to quick filter references (helm bibtex seems like a good > solution) > > That’s what helm-bibtex was written to solve. > > > 3. filter lists based on tags/keywords (orgmode has that covered) > > In helm-bibtex you can also search for keywords and tags. > > > 4. this one is important: a way to quickly export selected references in > > word/odf/html based on a pre fixed style (ie Nature, Chicago etc) > > helm-bibtex can generate references in APA style but as far as I can see > Chicago style is very similar, so it shouldn’t be hard to add support > for that. > > > anyone uses such a system in emacs/org and can recommend the way to > > go? > > For more details, see: https://github.com/tmalsburg/helm-bibtex > > Titus > > -- John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu