Re: org-mode and ebib

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>]

On Dec 10, 2010, at 7:19 AM, Ali Tofigh wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> A while ago I asked on this list about connecting org-mode with ebib,
> which is a bibtex database manager for emacs. Thanks to Joost Kremers,
> there is now a solution.
>
> I asked the developer of ebib, Joost Kremers, if he could write a
> function that would start ebib on a given bibtex entry. He kindly
> added this functionality to the 'ebib' function (which starts ebib in
> emacs) and it is now available in the ebib git repository (see
> http://ebib.sourceforge.net). If you are using ebib and would like to
> get org-mode to open bibtex entries do the following:
>
> 1) Install the latest development version of ebib.
>
> 2) make sure ebib-preload-bib-files is set properly so that your .bib
> file is loaded by ebib when ebib starts
>
> 3) add the following lines to your .emacs:
> (org-add-link-type "ebib" 'ebib)
>
> Now you can insert ebib links in your documents like this:
> [[ebib:Jones1998][some paper title]]. Opening this link should now
> result in ebib starting, loading your default bibtex database, and
> highlighting the bibtex entry Jones1998. Alternatively, if you already
> have started ebib, then opening the link will get you to the bibtex
> entry in your opened ebib database.
>
> /Ali Tofigh
>
Aloha /Ali Tofigh,

Thanks very much for this.  It is a nice addition to Org-mode.

Now it is also possible to add link types for LaTeX citation macros,  
as the following link type for one of the natbib citation macros:

   (org-add-link-type
    "citep" 'ebib
    (lambda (path desc format)
      (cond
       ((eq format 'latex)
        (format "\\citep[%s]{%s}" desc path)))))

A link like [[citep:jones][35]] will export this to LaTeX:
\citep[35]{jones}

And of course the link will jump to the bibtex entry with a single  
click.

Thanks again for making this happen.

All the best,
Tom

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