Okay, so I got a reply from the BBEdit staff and fortunately, it works "as
advertised". In fact, the procedure is as Will writes and as I tried. The
only thing that I did not do and was mandatory, apparently, is to associate
bib files with the TeX language in Preferences > Languages > the lower
section.
Now it works as it should, I type a few letters from the citekey and it
suggests completions.
Thanks Rich and thanks Will! :)
On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 9:56:16 AM UTC+3, Adrian Manea wrote:
>
> I know that this should be the theory, this is the way it should work. But
> it simply doesn't. I've written to Support, providing file samples, let's
> see what they say.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 1:22:04 AM UTC+3, Will P. wrote:
>>
>> Once you have generated the tags file, if you begin typing a citekey and
>> then invoke "Complete" (either from the Edit menu or with the keyboard
>> shortcut), you should see a list of keys that match. This seems to work
>> fine for me. The list of completions should also appear automatically
>> assuming you have "Show text completions" set to "After a delay in typing"
>> in the Editing pane of the Preferences.
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 7:08:04 AM UTC-7, Adrian Manea wrote:
>>>
>>> I already tried that and it's not working. I also used the maketags
>>> command for bbedit and it did create a tags file (which is good and
>>> correct), but I don't get autocompletions or suggestions... The only thing
>>> I can do is write a (part of a) citekey, select it then go Find in
>>> Reference, which takes me to the .bib file.
>>>
>>> But I want normal completions and suggestions, in a dropdown menu.
>>>
>>> What is there to be done?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 4:15:47 PM UTC+3, Will P. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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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