From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Reuleaux Subject: Re: issue w/ org-ref setup: C-c ] works, but C-u C-C ] not Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 19:02:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87wplv4n94.fsf@a-rx.info> References: <87mvmr3cb8.fsf@a-rx.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34113) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBnFO-0008CR-16 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2016 14:03:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBnFI-00087Q-D0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2016 14:02:59 -0400 Received: from sender163-mail.zoho.com ([74.201.84.163]:24905) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBnFI-00087B-1g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2016 14:02:56 -0400 Received: from rx by softland with local (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1bBnF9-00038L-UO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2016 19:02:47 +0100 In-Reply-To: (John Kitchin's message of "Sat, 11 Jun 2016 13:23:50 -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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org John - thanks for your fast reply, and I am learning: didn't know that it should be possible to C-u on the candidate selected - still: it's not working for me (yet), - I assume the error is on my side, but I need more time to find it: start out from a fresh, barely nothing config maybe, will get back, in case I get lost. -Andreas John Kitchin writes: > Andreas Reuleaux writes: > >> I have used org-ref in the past and I liked it, >> now I am trying to get it working again. >> In a way this has become easier: >> >> * I can install org-ref from Melpa now, instead of >> tangling from the org-ref.org file in the past >> >> * with a fairly simple setup (omitting the details for now, >> but can give them of course), and the default >> >> (setq org-ref-completion-library 'org-ref-helm-bibtex) >> >> I get to chose my papers/books to cite in a quite comfortable way >> when I press C-c ] >> >> But what does not currently work for me (and what used to work): >> getting a choice of citation: cite/citep/citeauthor/nocite/whatever. > > To get this, you press C-u enter on the candidate you select, and that > should give you a new helm selection for citation type. This is > currently only possible in the helm backend. I am not sure if it can be > done with ivy yet. > >> Basically I want >> >> * a list to choose from in the first place >> >> * preferrably have my own list of choices, allowing me to focus on the >> ones that I really do use (not get distracted by other more exotic >> ones), and that what I can also switch on a per document basis >> between bitex/natbib/biblatex and the available options there > > You can customize org-ref-cite-types for this. Make it shorter, a local > var, etc... > >> >> I know that org-ref is relying on reftex in this regard, >> and when I just use plain reftex, or even (require 'org-ref-reftex), >> I get to chose cite/citep/citeauthor etc., but I loose the comfort >> of the org-ref-helm-bibtex input method. >> >> Ideally - I guess I am dreaming - I would want to rely >> on ivy (or helm) for narrowing down my choice of cite/citep/citeauthor >> etc - rather than type some retex keystroke. >> >> I got some help from this list in past, how to configure my reftex >> list of choices, to use biblatex entries: parencite etc. - thanks again, >> and can go through these old emails of mine of course, but I am not >> sure in how far these things still apply, given that org-ref has >> changed quite a lot in between. Also at the time, I was at least >> presented some menu when I typed C-u C-c ] - so it was just a matter > > I think C-u C-c ] will give a list of labels to make a ref link to. > Maybe you don't have any labels, so it looks empty. > >> of modifying that menu, now I only get to see "pattern:" in the minibuffer. >> >> Thanks, >> Andreas