From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan L Tyree Subject: Re: managing articles in my personal library, and their citational material, using org mode instead of bibtex Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:37:01 +1100 Message-ID: <528EED7D.9000103@gmail.com> References: <528AC19F.3000803@binghamton.edu> <528B2149.5040702@wilkesley.net> <87vbzo8ikr.fsf@gmail.com> <528C22F0.1030606@gmail.com> <87ob5f7nh0.fsf@gmail.com> <528C53BE.3010307@gmail.com> <87vbznoaec.fsf@gmail.com> <528E77A7.5070401@gmail.com> <8738mpjcyl.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59394) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VjjPX-0007ht-6n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:36:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VjjPS-0007bW-IO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:36:11 -0500 Received: from mail-pb0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22c]:35503) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VjjPS-0007bQ-BQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:36:06 -0500 Received: by mail-pb0-f44.google.com with SMTP id rq2so826550pbb.3 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:36:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <8738mpjcyl.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eric Schulte Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 22/11/13 15:04, Eric Schulte wrote: > Alan L Tyree writes: > >> On 20/11/13 17:27, Jambunathan K wrote: >>> Alan L Tyree writes: >>> >>>> What I mean is to enter something like \cite{mann82} in the text and >>>> have it spit out (Mann 1982) in each and every export as well as >>>> constructing an entry for the bibliography. >>> (For benefit of others) >>> >>> ox-jabref.el and JabRef can spit things out in different formats. I >>> >>> I have added support for the odt backend. But I have fleshed out the >>> basic details so that it could be re-targeted for HTML or Plain Ascii >>> export. >>> >>> ---------------- >>> >>> Often the problem is that the author is stuck with a given DB and tool >>> and is unwilling to let go of investments that he has made in that >>> specific tool. (This is perfectly understandable.) >> Hi Jambu, >> This is a bit cryptic. It seems to me that it is relatively easy to >> change DB and tools. I currently keep all my references in a bibtex >> DB, but there are plenty of conversion tools. The real problem is >> finding something that works. >> >> I still find Org mode a bit frustrating in this context. In the above >> quote I say "something like \cite", but I don't really care what the >> entry looks like as long as it can retrieve information from a DB and >> construct the correct text reference and the correct bibliography >> entry across all exports. >> >> Is there such a DB and tool? >> >> Cheers, >> Alan >> > Checkout ox-bibtex.el in contrib used in combination with either ebib or > org-bibtex-extras.el. Thanks Eric - I'll have a look. Cheers, Alan > > Best, > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typhoon@iptel.org