Hi John Thanks for the quick answer. this does seem to work but as a side effect seems to break the TAB key to select action the message window shows: helm-select-nth-action: Nothing is selected No Actions available [8 times] thx again Z On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 3:05 PM, John Kitchin wrote: > 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unpublished !prep " 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unpublished !prep " 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 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >