Alan L Tyree <alanty...@gmail.com> writes: > On 20/11/13 17:27, Jambunathan K wrote: >> Alan L Tyree <alanty...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> What I mean is to enter something like \cite{mann82} in the text and >>> have it spit out (Mann 1982) in each and every export as well as >>> constructing an entry for the bibliography. >> (For benefit of others) >> >> ox-jabref.el and JabRef can spit things out in different formats. I >> >> I have added support for the odt backend. But I have fleshed out the >> basic details so that it could be re-targeted for HTML or Plain Ascii >> export. >> >> ---------------- >> >> Often the problem is that the author is stuck with a given DB and tool >> and is unwilling to let go of investments that he has made in that >> specific tool. (This is perfectly understandable.) > Hi Jambu, > This is a bit cryptic. It seems to me that it is relatively easy to > change DB and tools. I currently keep all my references in a bibtex > DB, but there are plenty of conversion tools. The real problem is > finding something that works. > > I still find Org mode a bit frustrating in this context. In the above > quote I say "something like \cite", but I don't really care what the > entry looks like as long as it can retrieve information from a DB and > construct the correct text reference and the correct bibliography > entry across all exports. > > Is there such a DB and tool? > > Cheers, > Alan >
Checkout ox-bibtex.el in contrib used in combination with either ebib or org-bibtex-extras.el. Best, -- Eric Schulte https://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte PGP: 0x614CA05D