The best place to report org-ref issues is https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref/issues.
On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 7:25 AM Sven Bretfeld <sven.bretf...@ntnu.no> wrote: > Hi John > > Thank you very much again. Elegant solution, and it works. > > I just wonder why I seem to be the only one on the list who had that > problem. Am I so out of fashion to use org-ref and ivy/helm-bibtex > together? I have been doing that for surely 10 years but had to stick > with an old version of org-ref until recently (because of a completely > different problem that I will post in another thread). > > Have a nice day, > > Sven > > > Am Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 12:07:35PM -0500 schrieb John Kitchin: > > You can try something like this > > > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > > (setq bibtex-completion-format-citation-functions > > '((org-mode . (lambda (keys) (org-ref-insert-cite-keys keys) > "")) > > (latex-mode . bibtex-completion-format-citation-cite) > > (markdown-mode . > bibtex-completion-format-citation-pandoc-citeproc) > > (default . bibtex-completion-format-citation-default))) > > #+END_SRC > > > > it seems like ivy-bibtex at least expects some kind of string to be > returned, > > but org-ref-insert-cite-keys does the insertion for you. > > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 11:19 AM Sven Bretfeld <[1]sven.bretf...@ntnu.no > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi everybody > > > > Is it at all possible to produce a correct org-ref citation format > > from ivy-bibtex (or helm-bibtex, I tried both)? What I mean by > > "correct" is the format: [[cite:&citekey]]. > > > > The problem seems to come down to the question what has to be > inserted > > in the 2nd line here: > > > > (setq bibtex-completion-format-citation-functions > > '((org-mode . ??????) > > (latex-mode . bibtex-completion-format-citation-cite) > > (markdown-mode . > bibtex-completion-format-citation-pandoc-citeproc) > > (default . bibtex-completion-format-citation-default))) > > > > (A) Not setting the variable at all, defaults to producing an ebib > > link which is of no use to me at all. > > > > (B) Putting org-ref-helm-bibtex-insert-citation here (as found on > > reddit) does not work, since the function does not seem to exist > > anymore. > > > > (C) Putting org-ref-insert-cite-link here is obviously wrong. > Choosing > > that from the list of ivy-bibtex-actions, just calls the function > > interactively, you have to search for the bib-entry again and the > > resulting link looks like: [[cite:&citekey]]^&. The terminating '^&' > > obviously makes subsequent LaTeX-exports fall. > > > > (D) Putting "bibtex-completion-format-citation-org-cite" here, > > produces standard org-links: [cite:@citekey]. These are not > correctly > > exported to a tex file when the org-ref package is loaded. > > > > The only working solution I have found is to use org-ref's own cite > > function org-ref-insert-cite-link. I know that ivy-bibtex can be set > > as backend (require 'org-ref-ivy). But in this way ivy-bibtex's other > > actions (like opening an associated PDF or note file) are lost. > > > > It would be nice to be able to use a SINGLE key-binding to select a > > bib-entry and then decide what to do with it (insert org reference, > > insert tex reference, open pdf, etc.). This was possible earlier (I > > did that for years with older versions of org-ref-helm) but is > > apparently no longer possible now. > > > > Many thanks for help and suggestions, > > > > Sven > > > > > > > > References: > > > > [1] mailto:sven.bretf...@ntnu.no > > -- ohn ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 https://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu https://pointbreezepubs.gumroad.com/ pycse bookstore
