Re: isbn-to-bibtex (from org-ref) fails

[John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>]

In this particular case 0062190377 does not seem to be a known ISBN.

i.e. this
http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/0062190377?method=getMetadata&format=json&fl=*

leads to this:
{
 "stat":"unknownId"}

I modified this function a bit to avoid this issue. It does not help
with this isbn, but gives a better error.

I assume you were looking for Seveneves: A Novel? Maybe it is too new
for xisbn. BTW: Did you read it? Is it good?


Julien Cubizolles writes:

> Julien Cubizolles <j.cubizolles@free.fr> writes:
>
>> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>
>>> I found a (save-buffer) in the bibtex entry clean functions and took
>>> that out. I think it solves this problem.
>>
>> It's working fine now, thanks.
>
> Actually it seems to be broken again:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)
>   isbn-to-bibtex("0062190377" "~/enseignement/papiers/bibliography.bib")
>   funcall-interactively(isbn-to-bibtex "0062190377" "~/enseignement/papiers/bibliography.bib")
>   call-interactively(isbn-to-bibtex record nil)
>   command-execute(isbn-to-bibtex record)
>   helm-M-x(nil "isbn-to-bibtex")
>   funcall-interactively(helm-M-x nil "isbn-to-bibtex")
>   call-interactively(helm-M-x nil nil)
>   command-execute(helm-M-x)
>   --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Also, the first time I call it, it doesn't even prompt for the ISBN
> number. When call it with point on an ISBN number, I get the ISBN
> prompt, with this value already filled for all subsequent calls, but
> with the same wrong-type-argument error.
>
> Regards,
>
> Julien.


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