From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) Subject: Re: org-ref & helm-bibtex notes Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:21:35 -0600 Message-ID: <87381rku3k.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55469) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z522z-00017S-4d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:21:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z522v-00009d-3U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:21:45 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22e]:35274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z522u-00009R-Sr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:21:41 -0400 Received: by pacyx8 with SMTP id yx8so23259700pac.2 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:21:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Julian Burgos's message of "Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:39:38 -0000") 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: Julian Burgos Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Yeah, helm bibtex is awesome. This has been a major topic of discussion in the module development. See: https://github.com/tmalsburg/helm-bibtex/issues/40 Last I talked with the developer, he was thinking hard about it and had maybe even started development on single-note file options. "Julian Burgos" writes: > Dear list, > > I have been using org-ref for a while, using reftex to insert citations in > my org documents. Now I am switching to helm-bibtex, which is pretty > awesome. I have a couple of question about the note files. Org-ref uses > a single file to keep notes (e.g. notes.org), but helm-bibtex assumes that > notes are kept in separate files, one per article. My questions are: > > a) Do you have a preference in the single file vs multiple files question? > Are advantages/disadvantages? I tend to prefer the single file option, > it makes search easy and also I can add TODO items that later I can pull > out in the agenda view. With multiple files this would not be as easy. > Do you agree? > > b) Helm-bibtex identifies which references have a note file, adding a > symbol on the reference list. Can we make helm-bibtex look into a single > file (say the "notes.org" file), look for the :Custom_ID: properties of > the entries, and use that to mark the reference list? I am teaching > myself emacs-lisp but this is above my capacity right now. > > Many thanks, > > Julian