Magic! Thanks a lot, John. On 26 December 2015 at 12:06, John Kitchin wrote: > That sounds ok. I pushed a change that sort of does what you ask for. If > the "calculated" pdf doesn't exist then you should get prompted for a pdf, > and pressing enter for the default (no pdf) should not add a pdf link. > > John > > ----------------------------------- > Professor John Kitchin > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > @johnkitchin > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Andreas Kiermeier < > andreas.kiermeier@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks John. >> >> Yes, that was the case, because I had no intention of downloading the >> pdfs. So I had set >> >> (setq doi-utils-download-pdf nil) >> >> and left org-ref-pdf-directory nil. Setting it to a valid directory gets >> rid of the error. Thanks. >> >> I would find it useful (given that I've disabled auto-download) if I was >> prompted for the location of the pdf. That way I could either (a) provide a >> link to the pdf wherever I've stored it, or (b) not provide a link (yet). >> Just a thought. >> >> Thanks again for all your help. >> >> Andreas >> >> On 26 December 2015 at 00:37, John Kitchin >> wrote: >> >>> What about the value of org-ref-pdf-directory. This seems to be where >>> your error is coming from. Your debugger info suggests it is set to nil. >>> >>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) >>> file-name-as-directory(nil) >>> org-ref-open-bibtex-notes() >>> doi-utils-insert-bibtex-entry-fr >>> >>> John >>> >>> ----------------------------------- >>> Professor John Kitchin >>> Doherty Hall A207F >>> Department of Chemical Engineering >>> Carnegie Mellon University >>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >>> 412-268-7803 >>> @johnkitchin >>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Andreas Kiermeier < >>> andreas.kiermeier@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I've set the HOME environment variable to >>>> "C:/Users/andre_000/Documents" and hence need the .. to get into the >>>> Dropbox folder. >>>> >>>> Executing (find-file org-ref-bibliography-notes) does find and open >>>> the correct notes file. >>>> >>>> Using an absolute path, as in: >>>> >>>> (setq org-ref-bibliography-notes >>>> "C:/Users/andre_000/Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/bibnotes.org" >>>> org-ref-default-bibliography >>>> '("C:/Users/andre_000/Dropbox/_biblio/refs.bib")) >>>> >>>> results in the same error. >>>> >>>> After dropping a PDF file into the .bib file I end up with the >>>> following additional entry (for example) in the bibnotes.org file. I >>>> thought I'd include it just to ensure that nothing gets chopped of - this >>>> entry correctly reflect the PDF. >>>> >>>> ** TODO 2007 - Taenia Saginata in Europe >>>> :PROPERTIES: >>>> :Custom_ID: dorny_2007 >>>> :AUTHOR: Dorny \& Praet >>>> :JOURNAL: Veterinary Parasitology >>>> :YEAR: 2007 >>>> :VOLUME: 149 >>>> :PAGES: 22-24 >>>> :DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.004 >>>> :URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.004 >>>> :END: >>>> >>>> Does the notes file need a specific set up in terms of headers etc? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr Andreas Kiermeier | Director >>>> Statistical Process Improvement Consulting and Training Pty Ltd >>>> Mbl: +61 (4)23 028 565 | Email: andreas.kiermeier@gmail.com >>>> Australia >>>> >>>> On 25 December 2015 at 13:17, John Kitchin >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That is an odd looking path. On Mac that would expand to something like >>>>> >>>>> /Users/Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/bibnotes.org >>>>> >>>>> and on linux >>>>> >>>>> /home/Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/bibnotes.org >>>>> >>>>> usually you should not have permission for that, and neither make sense >>>>> to me. >>>>> >>>>> Does (file-exists-p org-ref-bibliography-notes) return true? >>>>> >>>>> or alternatively does (find-file org-ref-bibliography-notes) actually >>>>> open a writable file? >>>>> >>>>> I would think this is what you want (unless you have some unusual setup >>>>> and permissions): >>>>> >>>>> (setq org-ref-bibliography-notes "~/Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/ >>>>> bibnotes.org" >>>>> org-ref-default-bibliography '("~/Dropbox/_biblio/refs.bib")) >>>>> >>>>> i.e. no .. in the path. >>>>> >>>>> Andreas Kiermeier writes: >>>>> >>>>> > Hi John, >>>>> > >>>>> > I've set it at follows (based on your setup) in my init.el file: >>>>> > >>>>> > (setq org-ref-bibliography-notes "~/../Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/ >>>>> bibnotes.org" >>>>> > org-ref-default-bibliography >>>>> '("~/../Dropbox/_biblio/refs.bib")) >>>>> > >>>>> > So, non-nil. >>>>> > >>>>> > Andreas >>>>> > >>>>> > On 25 December 2015 at 00:45, John Kitchin >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> >> >>>>> >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 1:04 AM, Andreas Kiermeier < >>>>> >> andreas.kiermeier@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >>> org-ref-open-bibtex-notes() >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> That looks like a different error that occurs in >>>>> org-ref-open-bibtex-notes(). >>>>> >> Up to that point everything looks normal. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> What do you have your org-ref-bibliography-notes variable set to? >>>>> The >>>>> >> default value is nil which would cause that error. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> John >>>>> >> >>>>> >> ----------------------------------- >>>>> >> Professor John Kitchin >>>>> >> Doherty Hall A207F >>>>> >> Department of Chemical Engineering >>>>> >> Carnegie Mellon University >>>>> >> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >>>>> >> 412-268-7803 >>>>> >> @johnkitchin >>>>> >> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Professor John Kitchin >>>>> Doherty Hall A207F >>>>> Department of Chemical Engineering >>>>> Carnegie Mellon University >>>>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >>>>> 412-268-7803 >>>>> @johnkitchin >>>>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >