Re: How to have a controllable popup?

[Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>]

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John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> It sounds like helm could do what you want.
>
> Here is an example of making a simple helm source:
> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/01/24/Anatomy-of-a-helm-source/
>
> I guess you would run M-x your-helm-command where you want it, and the
> information would appear in a helm buffer. you select what you want and
> make it get inserted.
>

Thanks John, I've been able to make a work-around by using tabbar-ruler
to create tabs and then copy my 'reference list' into a small temporary
buffer which is next to my working document so its easy to switch too. I
can add reference numbers to it and at the end of the day I copy them
back into my main reference list. I'm finding the org-mode document is
ideal for keeping urls, and also reference notes at the end of the
document after my latex command ending the document.

Thanks
Sharon.

>
> Sharon Kimble writes:
>
>> I'm not sure whether this is the right place for this or if I should be
>> looking elsewhere for it, so sorry if its the wrong place.
>>
>> I'm converting a large latex file of 780 pages when its in a pdf file,
>> but I'm converting from latex to org-mode. I'm also taking the
>> opportunity of revising it and standardising it. And I'm also rebuilding
>> the bibliography database held in a bib file.
>>
>> So I have a section in the org-mode file which has the old bibliography
>> index number alongside the new number. How can I have a popup just
>> showing those numbers which I can look at and then input a certain
>> number into the main body of the file, and then close the popup until I
>> need to call it again? The popup would need to be scrollable and appear
>> in the right third of the page.
>>
>> I've tried to set it up with workgroups, and also tabs of the relevant
>> files next to each other in tabbar, but neither of these really worked.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sharon.
>
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