Markus Hoenicka wrote:
>
>> I had looked at this briefly. I just took a second look because of your
>> message. This seems a good solution but it is missing connectivity to
>> muse. For me the reference entry is a place to do the following
>>
>> 1. Discuss main ideas of paper.
>> 2. Link to wiki (muse) pages on these main ideas
>> 3. Link to related papers. In particular
>>    * most important papers that led to this development
>>    * most important papers  that came from it.
>> 4. Link from wiki pages to reference
>>
>> Based on my brief look so far refdb  provides (1) by allowing to enter
>> extended notes. It does not appear to provide the others.
>>
>
> It does (4) too, whereas (2) and (3) are doable but in a 
> less-than-desirable fashion currently (i.e. you wouldn't want to do 
> it). My planner-mode protocols and method sheets all contain links to 
> references, usually as a citation key. This is a string like 
> "MILLER1999". You can mark this citation key with your mouse and call 
> a RefDB command to display this reference.
>
OK.  refdb/refdb-mode seems already well along the way to being what I 
want.  In muse I'd prefer to use a normal muse link with new syntax, for 
example [[ref::MILLER1999]] or ref://MILLER1999 but I can write that 
extension if it doesn't exist.

I'd really like to have feature (2) and (3) above in refdb-mode.  
Writing more extensive link handling within refdb mode seems a good 
investment of my effort. This functionality would appear to have general 
applicability and would give me the essential features I require.  I 
don't know how 'easy to read' references are in refdb-mode as I haven't 
installed it yet but if it wasn't what I wanted I could modify it. It's 
working for you so that's an indication that I should be able to use it 
now without modification.

I have a similar situation with org-mode and muse. I prefer org-mode for 
managing projects and I use file::/....  links between the two 
subsystems. It works great.

> I haven't fiddled with refdb-mode for a while, but if this is a useful 
> path to follow for your needs, I'll see if I can help.
As I say above I think adding some sort of general link handling (also 
availabie in org-mode) would allow ref-db to solve my immediate needs. I 
would then be able to simply tackle the tag-indexing problem (including 
refdb entries) in muse separately and have everything I want.  If you 
felt inclined to add it that would be super but otherwise any tips re 
how I could most quickly add the functionality would also be great.

Cheers,
--Ben


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