From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric Schulte" Subject: Re: [ANN] org-bibtex.el --- convert between Org headings and bibtex entries Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:34:24 -0600 Message-ID: <87wriiwirf.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87y6357q81.fsf@gmail.com> <027A8D96-05AB-452C-87D3-85D90D24AFB1@tsdye.com> <87vcy81xtv.fsf@gmail.com> <877hanwbyb.fsf@gmail.com> <89A178C3-C2E4-493D-BE84-12200512B766@tsdye.com> <87ei4sa3cz.fsf@fastmail.fm> <871v0rzp8v.fsf@gmail.com> <4DB4559E.8010309@christianmoe.com> <87wriiwjry.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49451) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QEM2h-0002B8-UJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:41:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QEM2g-0005co-PK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:41:35 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41]:52088) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QEM2g-0005ch-Iv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:41:34 -0400 Received: by pzk32 with SMTP id 32so1922490pzk.0 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:41:33 -0700 (PDT) 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: Matt Lundin Cc: Org Mode , mail@christianmoe.com Matt Lundin writes: > Hi Eric and Christian, > > Christian Moe writes: > >> The *conclusion* (where Eric Schulte's new bibtex functions should go) >> is not a big concern to me, but FWIW, the *premise* strikes me as >> unnecessarily restrictive. >> >> I submit that, for any non-Org format or application "foo", the module >> org-foo.el does not have to be restricted to providing an Org link >> type for foo. It seems a sensible namespace for e.g. foo-Org/Org-foo >> conversion functions as well. The fact that several modules so named >> *at present* only provide link functionality does not, I think, amount >> to a convention that this is all they should do. > > Christian, you are right. I stand corrected. I agree that the namespace > can accommodate import/export/conversion features in addition to > hyperlinking. > > Apologies (especially to Eric) for my wavering on where to put this. > This functionality is indeed not a generic bib backend, but rather > tightly integrated with bibtex-mode and the bibtex format. So a full +1 > for adding this to org-bibtex.el. And that's my final answer... :) > No problem here, this is the sort of question I'm happy to defer on, especially as it shouldn't really affect the final functionality. Given that I hadn't yet started to extract the code this is no skin off my nose. I'll go ahead and leave this code where it is. Cheers -- Eric -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/