You can use ctags to generate a tags file from which BBEdit will suggest
completions. You can add the following lines to your ~/.ctags file so that
it will recognize the .bib entries.
--langdef=bib
--langmap=bib:.bib
--regex-bib=/^@[A-Za-z]+\{([^,]*)/\1/b,bib/
On Sunday, August 7, 2016 at 7:19:34 AM UTC-7, Adrian Manea wrote:
>
> Yet another basic question which I hope would help me replace Sublime with
> BBEdit:
>
> I've made a full BibTeX .bib file which contains all my references, that I
> include in any LaTeX file that I write and I simply cite from there. Now,
> as there are hundreds of entries and most of the citekeys were generated
> automatically by BibDesk, I have no reason to remember them. Sublime (or
> even Textmate and Atom) search in the .bib file for completions. Say I have
> a book by Johnson and its cite key is *jh16*. If I write *\cite{*, it
> starts suggesting as completions, showing me the full list of bib entries,
> wherefrom I can search either "Johnson" or jh (if I remember).
>
> Long story short: if I include a .bib file as reference in a LaTeX file,
> can BBEdit search through it and help me find the reference I want to cite?
> There are workarounds involving other apps, but I simply want the list
> display as other text editors provide, in BBEdit. Can it be done?
>
> In Sublime I even made it work with MMD files, citing as *<jh16>* and
> again I had the option to view all the entries.
>
> Thank you, once again.
>
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