Questions tagged [helm-bibtex]
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additional PDFs in helm-bibtex
I daily use helm-bibtex to manage my citations / bibliography and add in the file field the path to the PDF of the related article.
I've read it was possible to add supplementary files (additional ...
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helm-bibtex actions: copy to separate file and delete entry + associated pdf
I am having difficulty creating specific helm-bibtex actions, and I think that more examples of existent actions in the docs would help.
Namely, I would like to develop actions that:
copy/move ...
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debugging helm-bibtex cannot open PDF with the default emacs viewer
I cannot get helm-bibtex open pdfs from the helm-bibtex buffer with all bibliography nicely listed in an organized view showing which reference has a pdf or not.
I usually get this view by M-x helm-...
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emacs unable to open PDF files in Preview: "permission denied"
This is not an emacs problem so far as I'm aware, and only occurred after I upgraded from macOS Catalina 10.15.? to 10.15.7. Any help resolving this issue is greatly appreciated.
I'm using helm-bibtex ...
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Org-ref: how to get the BibTex entries in Helm sorted alphabetically? // what is "org-ref-helm-cite"?
Sorry if my question is not clear enough, I'm really a beginner.
In 2017 someone was trying to sort alphabetically (or by date I guess also) references when using org-ref and helm-bibtex - see the ...
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emacs 26.1 "Symbol’s function definition is void: bibtex-completion-candidates-formatter"
I have updated to Emacs 26.1. and reinstalled all packages. When running helm-bibtex, the bibliographies are loaded, but then the process terminates with the following error message:
helm-bibtex-...
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How to efficiently insert citations into LaTeX document with helm-bibtex?
I'm having a heck of a time optimizing my desired \cite behavior when writing LaTeX source in emacs using helm-bibtex. I made a C-c [ key-binding to get helm-bibtex going when I want to insert a ...
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Each time I save a file, Spacemacs will try and parse my bibliography bibtex file. How can I stop that?
I use Spacemacs and it is great. But for some reason, each time I save a file--usually an org file, Spacemacs will try and parse my default bibtex file. And that file is relatively large, so it adds a ...
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Citations with page numbers from helm-bibtex and org-ref
I currently use org-ref and helm-bibtex with one notes file per source to manage my library. For any given source, I may have several headers, each for notes on different chapters or topics I have ...
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Editing helm-bibtex citations in markdown
Helm-bibtex can insert one or multiple (with C-space) citation in some markdown document. I have, however, not found a way to edit these citations afterwards using helm-bibtex.
If I call helm-bibtex ...
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"if" clause within s-format string
Is it possible to add an "if" clause to a s-format string? The code below is adapted from bibtex-completion-apa-format-reference in the helm-bibtex package.
(s-format
"${...
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Get bibtex key from helm-bibtex
I would like to get the bibtex key of references in my .bib database as a string via helm-bibtex.
(defun get-bibtex-key ()
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(with-temp-buffer
(helm-bibtex)
(if (string-prefix-...
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can't follow cite links with org-ref and can't open PDFs with helm-bibtex
I'm working with org-ref, helm-bibtex (and org-roam and an org-roam-bibtex if that's relevant).
I've somehow broken my config and would really appreciate any help gathering the pieces...
I can see my ...
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How to configure org-roam-bibtex properly?
I'm using org-roam with doom-emacs and I want to know how to properly configure org-roam-bibtex?
I copied the org-roam-bibtex config from https://github.com/jethrokuan/dots/blob/master/.doom.d/config....
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helm-bibtex and Zotero with better-bibtex -- Cannot find PDF
Using org-ref and helm-bibtex I can insert a reference into my org file that will be displayed as a link in the shape of cite:kaufmann_eigensolver_2007. I can hit RET and get a menu from helm-bibtex ...
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Org-Ref: How to custom bibtex-completion-fallback-options
How do we customize bibtex-completion-fallback-options in init.el?
The following code gave rise to the error below:
(add-to-list 'bibtex-completion-fallback-options
`("NTU Library 台大圖書館 ...
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Org-ref with biblatex - is it feasible or should bibtex be preferred?
I am contemplating setting up org-ref to use within org mode for drafting scientific texts. However, as I go through various blogs etc. on the subject, it seems that org-ref is tailored for the ...
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How to insert and populate field in multiple bibtex entries automatically
I was wondering if anyone knows what's the function in bibtex that allows you to check if a field exist in an entry?
What I am trying to achieve is use the bibtex-clean-entry but as it is, it throws ...
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What is the difference or functionality between the available tex packages enumrated below
sorry to disturb you. I am trying to migrate all the workflow of writing tex files and managing citations into emacs but I'm completely lost by the overwhelmed plethora of packages and I'm not sure ...
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Copy formatted citation from helm-bibtex menu
I'm hoping to add a function "Copy formatted citation" to the helm-bibtex menu. i.e. When I open helm-bibtex, press tab on an entry and have the option there to copy a full formatted reference. ...
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Enabling fuzzy matching in helm-bibtex
Is it possible to enable fuzzy matching in helm-bibtex?
The following example illustrates why it would be very useful to enable it. Imagine that typing "sm" returns these two matches.
Smith 2015
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