Re: Org-cite follow function for ebib

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.online>]

Aloha Joost,

Following some pointers from Eric and Bruce I have this in my
configuration and it seems to work fine, though I haven't had a chance
to use it very much.

  ;; Citations
  (defun tsd/choose-file (candidates)
    (interactive)
    (org-completing-read "Choose file: " candidates))

  (defun tsd/ebib-follow (datum _)
    "Follow citation or citation reference DATUM. When DATUM is a
citation reference, open ebib to the entry referencing the
citation key."
    (let* ((key
            (if (eq 'citation-reference (org-element-type datum))
                (org-element-property :key datum)
              (user-error "Not a citation reference")))
           (files (org-cite-list-bibliography-files))
           (file (if (> (length files) 1)
                     (tsd/choose-file files)
                   (nth 0 files))))
      (ebib file key)))
  (require 'oc-biblatex)
  (require 'oc-csl)
  (org-cite-register-processor 'ebib
      :follow #'tsd/ebib-follow)
  (setq org-cite-follow-processor 'ebib)

Also, it was easy to configure ebib to insert citations with the
org-cite syntax.

All the best,
Tom

Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> writes:

> On Fri, Aug 06 2021, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>> Yes, I have set the basic follow processor and org-open-at-point takes
>> me to the .bib file at the entry for the key at point.
>
> Unfortunately, I haven't had the time yet to update Ebib for the new
> functionality. Ebib needs to implement a follow processor so that
> `org-open-at-point` takes you to the entry in Ebib.
>
>> Surprisingly (to me), M-x ebib sometimes displays the entry for the key
>> at point, too.
>
> That's because when you start Ebib with `M-x ebib` (or a key bound to that
> function, of course), it checks to see if point is at something that looks like
> a key and tries to find a corresponding entry in the current database. That
> functionality is not customisable and not very well implemented, so it doesn't
> always work. (Also, if point is at the `cite` prefix, it doesn't work.)


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