From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: Organizing a collection of papers Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:07:41 -1000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Skdje-00045U-7v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:08:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Skdjc-0008UF-6H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:07:53 -0400 Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com ([67.222.55.9]:41462) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Skdjb-0008Sw-Ra for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:07:52 -0400 Received: from [24.94.67.12] (port=61761 helo=poto) by box472.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SkdjT-0004jx-0t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:07:44 -0600 In-Reply-To: (John Wiegley's message of "Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:33:27 -0500") 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org "John Wiegley" writes: >>>>>> Frank writes: > >> I've used org-mode about a year and a half, and I don't think it's the best >> application for what you describe. There are several packages available to >> do this; the one I've used most often and successfully is Zotero >> (zotero.org). This is a browswer plug-in which implements a very nice >> database for your papers. At this point, I've indexed 1092 papers (PDFs, >> web pages and other materials). In some cases, I have multiple files >> attached to each of them. > > If you happen to have a Mac, the application DEVONthink Pro is simply > wonderful for organizing collections like this. I have about 7k PDFs in a > financial database, and it's always easy to find what I'm looking for. > > John > > I work in Org mode and LaTeX. Ebib is integrated with both of them. I follow an Org mode link or a LaTeX citation to the BibTeX entry in Ebib, then open the pdf from Ebib using a link stored in the BibTeX file. I think Ebib is a splendid tool in this situation. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com