From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sharon Kimble Subject: Re: How to have a controllable popup? Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:42:19 +0100 Message-ID: <871t5rt0ck.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: <87oa8xufer.fsf@skimble.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40268) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avTTu-0003yX-4V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:42:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avTTq-0002C3-SP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:42:34 -0400 Received: from avasout04.plus.net ([212.159.14.19]:38107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avTTq-0002Bt-Mf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:42:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: (John Kitchin's message of "Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:45:30 -0400") 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" To: John Kitchin Cc: org-mode-email --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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-sourc= e/ > > 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 =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian 8.4, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 25.0.93 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXIPn8AAoJEDaBgBkK+INbuwMP/RLPc0pFjjRsNytHBpw7yGiL dCgDwmLtm4abTUPM86jTlFmdSgVoUP4tYD+JmIvWmVUB0grdIW7ozBg3vaupBhFv RVDxgMyVli1rnZE8lKttjwTO4IDnee9I4s8ILdwMO1dq5C+UZwOgACJGdDOYL00L 0BYU0t1Cb17sGROhJt+TJwkGM5HagB0maXQd4UZMB3ZCnvHMcvkH1/nEbG2qyYwW xiOupeJHMRkAJkbTeT/oXVnoiPOtEPowudVgOUhQEDlAmnT6m4PMVktWV8lUyQfm m+NYzumwCeFxyiX/ewFlOf6WWdA48jeWX5s95f0BP/lqUz0Kz2aFPIZwdbTztoGE 7NgGQBfVSRl+EGS4BkgMlGtmJBhQES6RshDDybILaHsBFXXwPFCP7HVACNoPwTSL /vdKAAivaSABivDL1sN1nY5WPs4baKl1PlVdEVTpsD6MtB5MR+gRUcb+53my5eET zLX1kw5NecC5z2vDUcZP4knaHMfo/i0hz89my2at6S/ZspTlNAbCka/0PaPeckg5 PREdSUPYgNIjmuhplPNHAVkrzGs9alDgAvyL5D6OLcHSnskpABsHrYwN+HGlrYIR B4TJIcMDC+HPA6Lis/dlJoBK9WsWsnVpDrefZClpBCBGQbPxDD8ScAXr0p7Aq5/Y TSo7a3pFfi9x9eqVApbT =krRd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--