From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Schulte Subject: Re: managing articles in my personal library, and their citational material, using org mode instead of bibtex Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:04:33 -0700 Message-ID: <8738mpjcyl.fsf@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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43943) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vji3N-0000Y6-SM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:09:19 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vji3I-0000aV-57 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:09:13 -0500 Received: from mail-pb0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::233]:35409) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vji3H-0000a7-VL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:09:08 -0500 Received: by mail-pb0-f51.google.com with SMTP id up15so742747pbc.10 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:09:07 -0800 (PST) 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: Alan L Tyree Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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. Best, -- Eric Schulte https://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte PGP: 0x614CA05D