Re: ebib configuration for org-bibtex

[Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>]

tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:

> Aloha all,
>
> I'm trying, partially successfully, to configure org-bibtex so it mimics
> some useful features of ebib.  In particular, I'm wanting to add several
> optional fields that ebib uses.
>
>
> I have this in .emacs:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle yes
>   (dolist (type org-bibtex-types)
>     (push :url (cdr (assoc :optional (cdr type))))
>     (push :annote (cdr (assoc :optional (cdr type))))
>     (push :abstract (cdr (assoc :optional (cdr type))))
>     (push :keywords (cdr (assoc :optional (cdr type))))
>     (push :file (cdr (assoc :optional (cdr type))))
> )
>
>   (push (cons :url "A URL for the reference") org-bibtex-fields)
>   (push (cons :annote "Annotation is typically not exported") org-bibtex-fields)
>   (push (cons :abstract "Abstract for annotated bibliography") org-bibtex-fields)
>   (push (cons :keywords "Keywords for sorting with ebib") org-bibtex-fields)
>   (push (cons :file "A local file path used by ebib to open the
>   reference in an appropriate application") org-bibtex-fields)
> #+end_src
>
> Most of it works fine, but the optional :file field doesn't respect its
> argument.  So, the following entry in the Org-mode file:
>

Hi Tom,

The :file property is treated in a special manner when Org-mode resolves
properties (notice it is an element of the `org-special-properties'
variable).  I've just pushed up a change which temporarily removes :file
from this list while resolving bibtex entries.  This change should fix
your reported problem -- please let me know if it doesn't.  If any other
elements of `org-special-properties' seem likely to cause problems we
can temporarily remove them as well.

Best -- Eric

>
> ** Active Documents with Org-mode
>    :PROPERTIES:
>    :TITLE:    Active Documents with Org-mode
>    :TYPE:     article
>    :AUTHOR:   Eric Schulte and Dan Davison
>    :JOURNAL:  Computing in Science and Engineering
>    :YEAR:     2011
>    :VOLUME:   13
>    :NUMBER:   3
>    :PAGES:    2--9
>    :MONTH:    May/June
>    :URL:      http://www.cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/data/CISE-13-3-SciProg.pdf
>    :FILE:     Schulte-Davison-Babel.pdf
>    :CUSTOM_ID: schulte11:_activ_docum_org
>    :END:
>
> is exported with org-bibtex like this:
>
> @article{schulte11:_activ_docum_org,
>   author =       {Eric Schulte and Dan Davison},
>   title =        {Active Documents with Org-mode},
>   journal =      {Computing in Science and Engineering},
>   year =         2011,
>   file =         {/Users/dk/Public/projects/916-rr/rr.org},
>   url =
>   {http://www.cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/data/CISE-13-3-SciProg.pdf},
>   volume =       13,
>   number =       3,
>   pages =        {2--9},
>   month =        {May/June}
> }
>
> Pressing f in ebib now just takes me back to the Org-mode file, rather
> than launching a pdf reader on my local copy of the article.
>
> Any ideas how I can achieve my goal?
>
> All the best,
> Tom

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/