John Kitchin 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. > > > -- > 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 -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian 8.4, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 25.0.93