Hi John

a bit off topic, but do you also write your academic CV in orgmode or
lateX? in anycase would you mind sharing your org/latex CV template? it
would be helpful as a starting point for me if thats possible.

kind regards and thanks so much in advance

Z

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 9:40 PM, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> sweet! I did not know you could do that! I will be refactoring org-ref
> soon to do that instead of redefining the commands!
>
> John
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>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Titus von der Malsburg <
> malsburg@posteo.de> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2015-06-19 Fri 03:56, Xebar Saram wrote:
>> > Hi again Titus
>> >
>> > 2 quick questions that arose from using helm-bitex today extensively:
>> >
>> > how does one exclude in the search items? for example i want to search
>> for
>> > xebar without keyword "progress" (I want to exclude in progress articles
>> > not published yet)
>> >
>> > is it possible to define default enter command in helm-bibtex ?
>>
>> Yes.  Helm uses the first action as the default action.  To move an
>> action to the top of the list you can use the following code:
>>
>>   (helm-delete-action-from-source "Insert BibTeX key" helm-source-bibtex)
>>   (helm-add-action-to-source "Insert BibTeX key" 'helm-bibtex-insert-key
>> helm-source-bibtex 0)
>>
>> The second argument in the second line is the function that executes the
>> action.  Here is a list of all actions and their functions:
>>
>>   Open PDF file (if present): helm-bibtex-open-pdf
>>   Open URL or DOI in browser: helm-bibtex-open-url-or-doi
>>   Insert citation: helm-bibtex-insert-citation
>>   Insert reference: helm-bibtex-insert-reference
>>   Insert BibTeX key: helm-bibtex-insert-key
>>   Insert BibTeX entry: helm-bibtex-insert-bibtex
>>   Attach PDF to email: helm-bibtex-add-PDF-attachment
>>   Edit notes: helm-bibtex-edit-notes
>>   Show entry: helm-bibtex-show-entry
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>   Titus
>>
>> >
>> > best
>> >
>> > Z
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Titus von der Malsburg <
>> malsburg@posteo.de>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On 2015-06-18 Thu 04:32, Xebar Saram wrote:
>> >> > Hi Titus and thx so much for the answers!
>> >> >
>> >> > i will in the future use the github page to make requests.
>> >> >
>> >> > "The number of matches will be displayed in the mode line. "
>> >> >
>> >> > i see that now thx! :) the problem was(is) that its colored black on
>> my
>> >> > black modline BG which makes it invisible ;-) i assume thats an helm
>> >> config
>> >> > i need to change
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "If you don’t want to type these search expressions, you could
>> create a
>> >> > command that invokes helm-bibtex with a default search expression and
>> >> that
>> >> > command could be bound to a keyboard shortcut."
>> >> >
>> >> > that would be prefect for me and a solution to my issue. would you
>> mind
>> >> > giving an example of such a code chunk. unfortunately i dont know
>> elisp
>> >> though
>> >> > as john recommended i will do my best this summer when the semester
>> ends
>> >> to
>> >> > try and pick it up :)
>> >>
>> >> Sure, here you go:
>> >>
>> >> #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
>> >> ;; Define helm-search with predefined search expression:
>> >> (defun helm-bibtex-my-publications ()
>> >>   "Search BibTeX entries authored by Xebar Saram."
>> >>   (interactive)
>> >>   (helm :sources '(helm-source-bibtex)
>> >>         :full-frame t
>> >>         :input "xebar saram"
>> >>         :candidate-number-limit 500))
>> >>
>> >> ;; Bind this search function to Ctrl-x p:
>> >> (global-set-key (kbd "C-x p") 'helm-bibtex-my-publications)
>> >> #+END_SRC
>> >>
>> >> > i will definitely use your tag system as you recommended, sounds
>> perfect
>> >> > for me
>> >>
>> >> The tag system also comes in handy when generating publication lists
>> for
>> >> CVs and web pages because BibTeX does not distinguish between
>> conference
>> >> papers, posters, and talks.  If you have tags for that, it’s relatively
>> >> easy to create separate sections for these types of publications using
>> >> biblatex or bib2bib and bibtex2html in the case of web pages.
>> >>
>> >> > thanks again for your kind help and the amazing app ;-)
>> >>
>> >> You are welcome.
>> >>
>> >>   Titus
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > best
>> >> >
>> >> > Z
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Titus von der Malsburg <
>> >> malsburg@posteo.de
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 2015-06-17 Wed 11:08, Xebar Saram wrote:
>> >> >> > Hi Titus
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I have been exploring helm-bibtex a bit today and have some
>> questions.
>> >> >> btw
>> >> >> > is this the preferred way to make requests/ask questions or is
>> >> >> > github preferred?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Helm-bibtex is not part of org (although it tries to work well with
>> >> >> org).  So I’m not sure whether this list is the best place for
>> >> >> discussing it.  For now the issue tracker on Github might be a
>> better
>> >> >> option:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   https://github.com/tmalsburg/helm-bibtex/issues
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > in any case i was wondering a few things:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 1. is it possible to have custom sorting? i want all views to
>> sort by
>> >> >> > Author, year, month
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I prefer to see the entries in the (inverse) order in which they
>> appear
>> >> >> in the BibTeX file.  This way, recent additions show up at the
>> >> >> top.  However, I agree that sorting would be useful (see issues #5
>> and
>> >> >> #21); it just doesn’t have high priority for me.  Pull requests
>> welcome.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > 2. i would really like a way to have stored smart groups (like the
>> >> jabref
>> >> >> > dynamic groups if your aware of that). that is for example create
>> a
>> >> group
>> >> >> > that auto selects all publications i have (by my first/last name)
>> and
>> >> >> shows
>> >> >> > the count (in numbers) of these publications.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I’m not familiar with smart groups but it seems that all
>> helm-bibtex is
>> >> >> doing is giving you very flexible smart groups defined by your
>> search
>> >> >> expressions.  For example, if you want a list of your publications,
>> you
>> >> >> can simple enter your name.  And if you want a list of your
>> articles,
>> >> >> you can enter your name + “article”.  If you want all your articles
>> from
>> >> >> 2010, enter your name + “articles 2010”.  And so on.  The number of
>> >> >> matches will be displayed in the mode line.  If you don’t want to
>> type
>> >> >> these search expressions, you could create a command that invokes
>> >> >> helm-bibtex with a default search expression and that command could
>> be
>> >> >> bound to a keyboard shortcut.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Another example is a group to keep track of all the papers im
>> working
>> >> on
>> >> >> or
>> >> >> > invloved with by matching keyword author and prep/*other key word
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I use two BibTeX fields to tag entries: “keywords” for keywords
>> >> >> describing the content of the paper (as usual) and “tags” for meta
>> >> >> data.  Values that I use in tags are “own”, “manuscript”, “poster”,
>> >> >> “talk”, … So if I want a list of all articles in progress, I search
>> for
>> >> >> “own manuscript”.  Since the tags field is non-standard, it has to
>> be
>> >> >> added to `helm-bibtex-additional-search-fields`.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Another solution would be to use the pubstate field and to search
>> for
>> >> >> your name and “forthcoming” (add pubstate to
>> >> >> helm-bibtex-additional-search-fields for this to work).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > 3.is it possible to ass an option to auto generate a bibkey for a
>> >> >> selected
>> >> >> > citation based on user criteria such as author(date)short-title?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Maintaining the content of the BibTeX file not really in the scope
>> of
>> >> >> helm-bibtex (I prefer to write my BibTeX entries by hand).  Perhaps
>> >> >> org-ref or ebib can help here?  Once you have a function that
>> generates
>> >> >> a new key and inserts it in the BibTeX file, you can easily add it
>> to
>> >> >> the list of actions in helm-bibtex.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hope that helps.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   Titus
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > thx so much in advance, you and john have given me confidence to
>> >> finally
>> >> >> > dive into the whole latex/bibteX world
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > best
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Z
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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