Re: [Ebib-users] mastersthesis

[Joost K. <joo...@fa...>]

Hi Tom,

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 09:41:39AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
> I'm finding ebib very useful for projects that are designed to be
> distributed outside of my circle of colleagues as reproducible
> research.  These projects require a bib file that includes just the
> references cited by the project.  ebib makes it very easy to accomplish
> this.  Still, I want to contribute to our master bibliography file and
> comply with our agreement to use autogenerated keys.

I've added a function to Ebib that will automatically generate a (new) key for
the current entry, using bibtex-generate-autokey. This means that all the
customisation options for that function are available and you should be able to
autogenerate keys that match the keys generated by your colleagues.

What I haven't done (yet) is to allow a workflow where the keys are generated
for you. Instead, you have to first provide a temporary key and fill in the
field values. When you're done, return to the index buffer and hit 'K' (capital
K, that is). That will then replace the temp key with an autogenerated key.

If I have some more time, I will add an option to have Ebib create a temp key
and automatically replace it with an autogenerated key when leaving the entry
buffer (or something to that effect: let me know if you have any wishes/ideas on
that). That way you can simply enter field values without having enter a key
name at all.

Hope this works for you. Do let me know if you find any bugs!

Joost


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