That looks right. I have this in a .dir-locals.el file and when I use
org-ref, it only shows me references from that file.
;;; Directory Local Variables
;;; For more information see (info "(emacs) Directory Variables")
((org-mode
(org-ref-default-bibliography . ("./References.bib"))
(bibtex-completion-bibliography . ("./References.bib"))))
You do have to close the org-file, and then reopen it after you make
that file, and when I do that I am prompted whether to apply or ignore
the settings.
It might be simpler to just use a bibliography link in the file though:
bibliography:References.bib
ed...@openmail.cc writes:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know how to set my ~References.bib~ as a dir-local variable
> for
> use with bibtex (org-ref, reftex). I have this in my ~.dir-locals.el~. It
> keeps
> showing the global list of references. Thanks!
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> ;;; Directory Local Variables
> ;;; For more information see (info "(emacs) Directory Variables")
>
> (
> (org-mode
> (reftex-default-bibliography .
> ("/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/References.bib"))
> (org-ref-default-bibliography .
> ("/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/References.bib"))
> (bibtex-completion-bibliography .
> ("/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/References.bib"))
> (org-ref-bibliography-notes .
> "/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/report-biomat.org")
> (bibtex-completion-notes-path .
> "/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/report-biomat.org")
> (org-ref-pdf-directory . "/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/Media/")
> (bibtex-completion-library-path . "/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/Media/")
> )
>
> (bibtex-mode
> (reftex-default-bibliography .
> ("/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/References.bib"))
> (org-ref-default-bibliography .
> ("/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/References.bib"))
> (bibtex-completion-bibliography .
> ("/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/References.bib"))
>
> (org-ref-bibliography-notes
> .
> "/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/report-biomat.org")
>
> (bibtex-completion-notes-path
> .
> "/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/report-biomat.org")
>
> (org-ref-pdf-directory
> .
> "/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/Media/")
>
> (bibtex-completion-library-path
> .
> "/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/Media/")
> )
> )
> #+END_SRC
>
> As an example:
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> reftex-default-bibliography is a variable defined in ‘reftex-vars.el’.
> Its value is
> ("/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/References.bib")
> Original value was nil
> Local in buffer report-biomat.org; global value is
> ("//Research/References.bib")
>
> This variable’s value is directory-local, set by the file
> ‘/Class/Biomat/Hw/Project/.dir-locals.el’.
>
> Documentation:
> List of BibTeX database files which should be used if none are specified.
> When ‘reftex-citation’ is called from a document which has neither a
> ‘\bibliography{..}’ statement nor a ‘thebibliography’ environment,
> RefTeX will scan these files instead. Intended for using ‘reftex-citation’
> in non-LaTeX files. The files will be searched along the BIBINPUTS or
> TEXBIB
> path.
>
> You can customize this variable.
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> My system
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (concat
> (emacs-version) "\n"
> (org-version) "\n"
> (org-ref-version))
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+RESULTS:
> : GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30)
> : of 2018-07-05
> : 9.1.14
> : org-ref: Version 1.1.1
>
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