Thanks for your suggestion! The problem lies in a variable I set which points to the directory of my Dropbox folder, to ensure emacs portable on different OS.
When I have the bibliography link in the org file, the (org-ref-find-bibliography) will return the absolute path to the .bib file, which in my case is /home/kai/Dropbox/bibliography/references.bib But if I do not have the link, it returns ~/Dropbox/bibliography/references.bib It seems some modules are resolving the '~' while some others are not. Cheers, Kai On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 2:15 AM, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > That sounds odd. > > What is the output of this src block in your file? > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (org-ref-find-bibliography) > #+END_SRC > > > > Kai Chen writes: > > > Dear list, > > > > I just got to know org-ref, and I followed the github help page to > manually > > install the package and set the default path similar to the configuration > > provided in the follow link: > > https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref > > > > And I installed all the dependency packages like helm-bibtex, hydra etc. > > > > But when I am citing (using "C-c ]") an existing entry which is in the > > default references.bib file, I can see the entry after I stroke the > > command, but after I selected it and pressed enter, when the cursor is on > > the link, the mini-buffer says: > > !!! No entry found !!! > > But previously the org-ref-helm-insert-cite-link properly showed that > > entry. This can only work when I manually add a bibliography link at the > > bottom of the file, which means org-ref is not using the default > > bibliography file. > > > > So what should I check to fix this issue? > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > The following is my configuration of org-ref: > > > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > > (setq org-ref-path (concat my-dropbox-path "software/org-ref/")) > > > > (setq reftex-default-bibliography (concat my-dropbox-path > > "bibliography/references.bib")) > > > > ;; see org-ref for use of these variables > > (setq org-ref-bibliography-notes (concat my-dropbox-path "bibliography/ > > notes.org") > > org-ref-default-bibliography (concat my-dropbox-path > > "bibliography/references.bib") > > org-ref-pdf-directory (concat my-dropbox-path > > "bibliography/bibtex-pdfs/")) > > > > ;; *** helm-bibtex > > > > (setq helm-bibtex-bibliography (concat my-dropbox-path > > "bibliography/references.bib")) > > (setq helm-bibtex-library-path (concat my-dropbox-path > > "bibliography/bibtex-pdfs")) > > > > ;; open pdf with system pdf viewer (works on mac) > > (when (eq system-type 'darwin) > > (setq helm-bibtex-pdf-open-function > > (lambda (fpath) > > (start-process "open" "*open*" "open" fpath)))) > > > > ;; alternative > > ;; (setq helm-bibtex-pdf-open-function 'org-open-file) > > > > (setq helm-bibtex-notes-path (concat my-dropbox-path > > "bibliography/helm-bibtex-notes")) > > > > (global-set-key [f10] 'org-ref-open-bibtex-notes) > > (global-set-key [f11] 'org-ref-open-bibtex-pdf) > > (global-set-key [f12] 'org-ref-open-in-browser) > > > > (add-to-list 'load-path org-ref-path) > > > > ;; make sure you have dash, helm, helm-bibtex, ebib, s, f, hydra and > > key-chord > > ;; in your load-path > > ;; auto-install dependencies > > (require 'org-ref) > > > > ;; optional but very useful libraries in org-ref > > (require 'doi-utils) > > (require 'jmax-bibtex) > > (require 'pubmed) > > (require 'arxiv) > > (require 'sci-id) > > > > #+END_SRC > > -- > Professor John Kitchin > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > @johnkitchin > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > -- Regards Multi-Agent System Lab University of Science and Technology of China K.Chen
