Try (untested) (defun helm-bibtex-ikloog-publications () "Search BibTeX entries authored by me" (interactive) (let ((helm-bibtex-bibliography "your special bibfile")) (helm :sources '(helm-source-bibtex) :full-frame t :input "kloog !unpublished !prep " :candidate-number-limit 500))) John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering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 On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Xebar Saram wrote: > Hi again Titus and list > > so the semester is finally nearing the end which means i finally have some > time (and a life :)) to get back to what i partially started a few months > ago. > > i have a question regarding Predefined searches. i have a search that > works well for searching papers i authored. > i am thinking of moving towards 2 bib files instead of 1 big one, that is > one for my papers and one for the rest (any disadvantages of using 2 bib > files?). > i want to add in the Predefined search to only draw from my file (mypaper.bib), > even though in the default helm-bibtex sources it will have 2 inputs. is > such a thing possible? > > this is how a current search i have looks like > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results none > > ;; Define helm-search with predefined search expression: > (defun helm-bibtex-ikloog-publications () > "Search BibTeX entries authored by me" > (interactive) > (helm :sources '(helm-source-bibtex) > :full-frame t > :input "kloog !unpublished !prep " > :candidate-number-limit 500)) > #+END_SRC > > how does one add the specific .bib file filter? > > best > > Z > > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Titus von der Malsburg < > malsburg@posteo.de> wrote: > >> >> On 2015-05-31 Sun 03:01, Xebar Saram wrote: >> > Thanks so much everyone for these great replies. i will investigate this >> > further today and let everyone know how im going with my transition :) >> > >> > thanks again >> > >> > PS: Titus, do you think that the helm-bibtex APA style reference list >> > could be user customizable in the future? >> >> Depends on what you mean by customizable. If you mean a customization >> option to allows you to replace the function for APA formatting with >> another function, then yes that would definitely make sense. >> >> Titus >> >> > >> > Z. >> > >> > On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:56 PM, John Kitchin >> > wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >