Thanks so much everyone for these great replies. i will investigate this further today and let everyone know how im going with my transition :)
thanks again PS: Titus, do you think that the helm-bibtex APA style reference list could be user customizable in the future? Z. On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:56 PM, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > > > On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Titus von der Malsburg <malsb...@posteo.de> > wrote: > >> >> On 2015-05-30 Sat 01:20, Xebar Saram wrote: >> > Hi all >> > >> > i have been using jabref for the past 2-4 years in my academia work to >> > manage my reference library. i dont use latex (..its on my TODO >> list...when >> > (f ever) i have time..) so for now i just want something to manage my >> > references. the key things i need to move over from jabref are: >> >> Author of helm-bibtex here. >> >> > 1. easy add references >> >> Helm-bibtex doesn’t deal with this because I prefer to edit my BibTeX >> file by hand. BibTeX retrieved from journals is almost always messy and >> I need to edit it anyway. It’s not too hard, though: I click on BibTeX >> export on the journal page, the BibTeX file is opened in Emacs, I fix >> it, and use a command that appends it to my bibliography. >> >> However, I think org-ref has tools that do more to support importing new >> entries and org-ref combines well with helm-bibtex. > > > Org-ref has doi-utils that let you add bibtex entries and download PDFs > from a doi or crossref query. > > >> >> > 2. a way to quick filter references (helm bibtex seems like a good >> solution) >> >> That’s what helm-bibtex was written to solve. >> >> > 3. filter lists based on tags/keywords (orgmode has that covered) >> >> In helm-bibtex you can also search for keywords and tags. >> >> > 4. this one is important: a way to quickly export selected references in >> > word/odf/html based on a pre fixed style (ie Nature, Chicago etc) >> >> helm-bibtex can generate references in APA style but as far as I can see >> Chicago style is very similar, so it shouldn’t be hard to add support >> for that. >> >> > anyone uses such a system in emacs/org and can recommend the way to >> > go? >> >> For more details, see: https://github.com/tmalsburg/helm-bibtex >> >> Titus >> >> > > -- > John > > ----------------------------------- > 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 > > >
