Re: jabref like orgmode based solution to bibliography management (not for latex)

[Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>]

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Hi John

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)
>
>  (defun helm-bibtex-ikloog-publications ()
>    "Search BibTeX entries authored by me"
>    (interactive)
> (let ((helm-bibtex-bibliography "your special bibfile"))
>    (helm :sources '(helm-source-bibtex)
>          :full-frame t
>          :input "kloog !unpublished !prep "
>          :candidate-number-limit 500)))
>
>
>
> 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unpublished !prep "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
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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