Some features could be merged, but there is an important difference in that org-ref uses bibtex as the backend database, and reftex for searching, and org-bibtex uses org-mode headings as the backend database, and tag/property searches (I think). It is like the difference between org-contacts and bbdb. They both serve similar needs, but with different data sources, and different ways to think about it.
We might be able to figure out a way to specify a "backend" that would allow the independent features to work in both though. John ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Associate Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Fabrice Popineau < fabrice.popin...@supelec.fr> wrote: > > +1 for org-bibtex (and ox-bibtex) that I'm using for a couple of years. > > But org-ref seems to go further (video is convincing). > It would be really nice to merge org-ref and org-bibtex before they split > too far apart. > Wishful thinking from me because I don't see that I'm in position to do it. > > Fabrice > > > 2014-06-26 3:10 GMT+02:00 Matt Lundin <m...@imapmail.org>: > > Eric Schulte <schulte.e...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > >> > This is a lot of useful functionality, and very nicely presented. >> > >> > Did you happen to try the built in bibtex support in Org-mode core and >> > contrib? And if so, is there a reason that you implemented this all >> > independently? >> > >> > I think part of the problem with existing Org-mode bibtex support is >> > that no-one knows it exists. >> >> Well, you can count on one big fan of org-bibtex.el here! (Though I must >> admit that I have not used ox-bibtex.el.) >> >> > To help address this I threw up a very quick-and-dirty screen cast >> > demonstrating some of Org's existing bibtex functionality. >> > >> > https://vimeo.com/99167082 >> >> Thanks! Over the years, I've particularly appreciated the way >> org-bibtex.el makes it easy to keep bib data together with notes/todos. >> Both org-bibtex-read and org-bibtex-yank have become indispensable to my >> own workflow. >> >> Best, >> Matt >> >> > > > -- > Fabrice Popineau > ----------------------------- > SUPELEC > Département Informatique > 3, rue Joliot Curie > 91192 Gif/Yvette Cedex > Tel direct : +33 (0) 169851950 > Standard : +33 (0) 169851212 > ------------------------------ > >
