Re: [Orgmode] Orgmode for research information management

2009-06-25 Thread Graham Smith
Shrutarshi 2009/6/24 Shrutarshi Basu : > I just started using orgmode today to organize the papers that I'm > collecting for my own research. The way I work is a bit complicated, but I > like it. I have all my PDFs in a single directory and my notes in a separate > directory. That sounds really i

Re: [Orgmode] Orgmode for research information management

2009-06-25 Thread Bastien
Shrutarshi Basu writes: > I would like to get org mode to open the PDF links in an external viewer as > opposed to in Emacs with doc-view as it does now. Any suggestions on how to do > this? You can customize `org-file-apps' to your needs. -- Bastien

Re: [Orgmode] Orgmode for research information management

2009-06-25 Thread Shrutarshi Basu
I've uploaded the script to http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~basus/paperorg No comments, but it should be fairly self-explanatory. Keeping pdfs, bibtex and org notes files connected was a problem that I solved with some low-tech organization. My pdfs, orgs and bibtex keys all have the same format: - Tha

Re: [Orgmode] Orgmode for research information management

2009-06-25 Thread Alexander
Hi, I've recently started using org-mode to organize reading notes and to write papers, and I'd be interested in this script too. One thing that I have a little trouble with is connecting these three pieces of information for each reference: bibtex key, pdf file with actual article, and org file w

Re: [Orgmode] Orgmode for research information management

2009-06-25 Thread Greg Newman
Hey Basu. I'd love to see this python script. I'm a complete n00b with latex so i'm trying to get up to speed on it fast; however all my research on this has led me to believe this is the perfect setup and your description of your flow is confirming it more. Thanks, *Greg Newman* http://20seve

[Orgmode] Orgmode for research information management

2009-06-25 Thread Shrutarshi Basu
I just started using orgmode today to organize the papers that I'm collecting for my own research. The way I work is a bit complicated, but I like it. I have all my PDFs in a single directory and my notes in a separate directory. These notes are extensive outlines and notes for each paper. Correspo

[Orgmode] Orgmode for research information management

2009-06-23 Thread Graham Smith
I have used several information management tools over the years, but I am trying to use Emacs/orgmode more. There are many examples of people using Orgmode for time management type tasks, but not a lot on information management. I would be interested in any insights into how people use orgmode fo