John’s code should do the trick. I don’t see how this could possibly
cause your problems with the action menu. The change should be
completely transparent for Helm.
Regarding your other question: I don’t see any disadvantages of using
several BibTeX files but I also don’t see an advantage because
helm-bibtex gives you all you need to select your own publications with
just a few key strokes. If helm-bibtex’ search does not work well in
your case (perhaps another author has the same name as you), I would
suggest using tags to mark your own publications:
https://github.com/tmalsburg/helm-bibtex#tagging-publications
Titus
On 2015-12-05 Sat 05:31, John Kitchin wrote:
> I cannot reproduce that, and it shouldn't have any effect. Maybe
> something else is going on.
>
>>
>> Thanks for the quick answer. this does seem to work but as a side effect
>> seems to break the TAB key to select action
>> the message window shows:
>>
>> helm-select-nth-action: Nothing is selected
>> No Actions available [8 times]
>>
>> thx again
>>
>> Z
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 3:05 PM, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Try (untested)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi again Titus and list
>>>>
>>>> so the semester is finally nearing the end which means i finally have
>>>> some time (and a life :)) to get back to what i partially started a few
>>>> months ago.
>>>>
>>>> i have a question regarding Predefined searches. i have a search that
>>>> works well for searching papers i authored.
>>>> i am thinking of moving towards 2 bib files instead of 1 big one, that is
>>>> one for my papers and one for the rest (any disadvantages of using 2 bib
>>>> files?).
>>>> i want to add in the Predefined search to only draw from my file (mypaper.bib),
>>>> even though in the default helm-bibtex sources it will have 2 inputs. is
>>>> such a thing possible?
>>>>
>>>> this is how a current search i have looks like
>>>>
>>>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results none
>>>>
>>>> ;; Define helm-search with predefined search expression:
>>>> (defun helm-bibtex-ikloog-publications ()
>>>> "Search BibTeX entries authored by me"
>>>> (interactive)
>>>> (helm :sources '(helm-source-bibtex)
>>>> :full-frame t
>>>> :input "kloog !unpublished !prep "
>>>> :candidate-number-limit 500))
>>>> #+END_SRC
>>>>
>>>> how does one add the specific .bib file filter?
>>>>
>>>> best
>>>>
>>>> Z
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Titus von der Malsburg <
>>>> malsburg@posteo.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2015-05-31 Sun 03:01, Xebar Saram wrote:
>>>>> > Thanks so much everyone for these great replies. i will investigate
>>>>> this
>>>>> > further today and let everyone know how im going with my transition :)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > thanks again
>>>>> >
>>>>> > PS: Titus, do you think that the helm-bibtex APA style reference list
>>>>> > could be user customizable in the future?
>>>>>
>>>>> Depends on what you mean by customizable. If you mean a customization
>>>>> option to allows you to replace the function for APA formatting with
>>>>> another function, then yes that would definitely make sense.
>>>>>
>>>>> Titus
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Z.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:56 PM, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu
>>>>> >
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Titus von der Malsburg <malsburg@posteo.de
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> On 2015-05-30 Sat 01:20, Xebar Saram wrote:
>>>>> >>> > Hi all
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > i have been using jabref for the past 2-4 years in my academia
>>>>> work to
>>>>> >>> > manage my reference library. i dont use latex (..its on my TODO
>>>>> >>> list...when
>>>>> >>> > (f ever) i have time..) so for now i just want something to manage
>>>>> my
>>>>> >>> > references. the key things i need to move over from jabref are:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Author of helm-bibtex here.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> > 1. easy add references
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Helm-bibtex doesn’t deal with this because I prefer to edit my BibTeX
>>>>> >>> file by hand. BibTeX retrieved from journals is almost always messy
>>>>> and
>>>>> >>> I need to edit it anyway. It’s not too hard, though: I click on
>>>>> BibTeX
>>>>> >>> export on the journal page, the BibTeX file is opened in Emacs, I fix
>>>>> >>> it, and use a command that appends it to my bibliography.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> However, I think org-ref has tools that do more to support importing
>>>>> new
>>>>> >>> entries and org-ref combines well with helm-bibtex.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Org-ref has doi-utils that let you add bibtex entries and download
>>>>> PDFs
>>>>> >> from a doi or crossref query.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> > 2. a way to quick filter references (helm bibtex seems like a good
>>>>> >>> solution)
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> That’s what helm-bibtex was written to solve.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> > 3. filter lists based on tags/keywords (orgmode has that covered)
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> In helm-bibtex you can also search for keywords and tags.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> > 4. this one is important: a way to quickly export selected
>>>>> references in
>>>>> >>> > word/odf/html based on a pre fixed style (ie Nature, Chicago etc)
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> helm-bibtex can generate references in APA style but as far as I can
>>>>> see
>>>>> >>> Chicago style is very similar, so it shouldn’t be hard to add support
>>>>> >>> for that.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> > anyone uses such a system in emacs/org and can recommend the way to
>>>>> >>> > go?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> For more details, see: https://github.com/tmalsburg/helm-bibtex
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Titus
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> --
>>>>> >> 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
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>