On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 8:17 AM Vladimir Lomov <lomov...@yandex.ru> wrote: > > Hello, > ** Arash Esbati <ar...@gnu.org> [2021-08-12 21:45:21 +0200]: > > > Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> writes: > > >> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 8:41 PM Vladimir Lomov <lomov...@yandex.ru> wrote: > >> [...] > >>> The advice is simple: don't use full path, try to put your bibtex files > >>> into > >>> $HOME/texmf/bibtex/bib/hongyi/ > >> > >> This will work by just using the bibliography file name, but it still > >> can't let the `C-c [' find the bib file: > >> > >> werner@X10DAi:~$ ls $HOME/texmf/bibtex/bib/hongyi/ > >> sample.bib > > > Which brings us back to[1]: > > > (setq reftex-bibpath-environment-variables > > '("/home/werner/texmf/bibtex/bib/hongyi//")) > > I would suggest a bit different approach, if we go the > '$HOME/texmf/bibtex/bib/hongyi' way: > > (setq reftex-use-external-file-finders t) > (setq reftex-external-file-finders > '(("bib" . "kpsewhich -format=.bib %f"))) > > It is described on the same "page" as 'reftex-bibpath-environment-variables'.
Yes. It also does the trick. However, this approach requires that the bib files must be stored in directories that conform to the "TeX Directory Structure" standard [1]. [1] https://tug.org/tds/ > > Best, Arash (who didn't test his advice) > > > Footnotes: > > [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/reftex.html#SEC48 > > P.S. We didn't even suggest to use symlink! > > --- > WBR, Vladimir Lomov Hongyi