Org-ref also has some customizable formatting. It is pretty basic but customizable.
On Sunday, May 31, 2015, Xebar Saram <zelt...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu');>> wrote: > >> >> >> On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Titus von der Malsburg <malsb...@posteo.de >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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 >> >> >> > -- 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
