That is possible. I am out now, but this afternoon I will send another note on how to do it. On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 11:05 AM Matt Price wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:26 AM, John Kitchin > wrote: > > > > > Matt Price writes: > > > > > > > After several years, I'm finally trying to move to bibtex from zotero, > > > > partly because org-zotxt has stopped working for me (both link insertion > > > > and html export seem at least temporarily broken). > > > > > > > > The UI for org-ref is pretty fantastic, and I love it. I'm having trouble > > > > getting the behaviour I want fro mthe actual links, though. My needs may > > > > be somewhat atypical but I'm hoping someone else has figured these > > > > questions out already. > > > > > > > > * citation types > > > > The org-ref manual talks about different citation types, but the external > > > > link it suggests is not loading: > > > > http://ctan.unixbrain.com/macros/latex/contrib/natbib/natnotes.pdf > > > > > > try: http://tug.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/natbib/natnotes.pdf > > > ok, thx. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know what the other options are? In particular, for the > syllabi > > > > I'm currently creating I'd like to just insert the org-formatted citation > > > > information itself -- is this possible? > > > > > > Can you give an example? > > > > > I htink I'm looking for something impossible. org-zotxt allowed me to use > a link type "citation", which just inserted the full citation in org syntax: > > Hayles, K. (1999). /How we became posthuman: virtual bodies in > cybernetics, literature, and informatics/. Chicago, Ill.: University of > Chicago Press. [[ > http://search.library.utoronto.ca/details?7949488&uuid=5aaa42cf-ffd2-41e3-ac6b-60e649f9f289 > ]] > > rather than generating a link. If I had an option to do this in my > syllabi, it would greatly simplify my work flow. > > > > > > I'd like to be able to point my > > > > students directly to my github repo, and it will ultimately be more > > > > convenient to have the links already present in the source code, since > > > > github doesn't reoslve org-ref > > > > What I mean is, that I'd like to stop building course websites and instead > just point students to github repos where my docs live in an org format. > This means I reallywant the citatiion information, and not citation links. > E.g.: > > > > https://github.com/titaniumbones/New113/blob/master/New113Syllabus.org#2017-01-26-thu-state-surveillance > > > > > > > > > > > > > * bib style > > > > When I right-click on a link and select "copy the formatted citation", I > > > > don't get the URL field, which my students need. I assume that's because > > > > I'm not using the right bibliographic style. How do I set the citation > > > > format? Would I use the bibliographystyle link, or a header argument > > > > somewhere? > > > > > > Support for this is kind of rudimentary, because it is really difficult > > > to get properly formatted strings for all references. > > > > > > When you click on a cite link and select copy formatted entry what > > > happens is the bibfile is opened to that entry and then the result of > > > org-ref-bib-citation is copied. It is pretty simple, and limited. At the > > > moment, I think helm-bibtex does the actual formatting if you load it, > > > and it does not appear to be customizable. See > bibtex-completion-apa-format-reference > > > > > > I will work on this a little bit and see if some improvements can be > > > made. > > > thanks you John! > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, is it possible to set this option to use org formatting instead of > > > > html formatting? > > > > > > You could use a function like this on a link to get something more > > > customizable. > > > > > > (defun better-formatted-citation () > > > (interactive) > > > (kill-new (org-ref-get-bibtex-entry-citation (car > (org-ref-get-bibtex-key-and-file))))) > > > > > > see the variable org-ref-bibliography-entry-format, you can set this to > > > be whatever format you want. > > > > ah, looks pretty simple, I should be able to do this. > > > > > > > > > * Bibliography scope > > > > I guess I don't really know how to build a bibliographic file to go with > a > > > > particular project. At present I am using my full Zotero library > exported > > > > to bibtex as a default. Is there a way to just build the bibliography > from > > > > the set of sources cited in the paper? > > > > > > M-x org-ref-extract-bibtex-entries should put a new heading in the buffer > > > with the relevant bibtex entries. > > > > excellent, thank you! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks everyone, and of course especially John for this amazing tool. > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > >