Re: [Ebib-users] mastersthesis

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

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 09:18:16AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
> Joost Kremers <joo...@fa...> writes:
> > I forgot to add a (require 'bibtex) to Ebib, which I've now fixed. If bibtex.el
> > isn't loaded, autogenerating keys won't work. However...
> 
> Yes, this fixed the problem on emacs 23.1.95. I pulled the latest ebib,
> compiled ebib.elc, restarted emacs, opened my test bibliography, hit 'K'
> in the index and the key changed to one formatted as I expected.

<whew> ;-) Glad it works.

> Emacs 24 doesn't work for me, though.  It still throws the stringp, nil
> error.  I don't consider this much of a test, though.  I don't compile
> emacs 24 here, but occasionally download a nightly build from a web site
> that offers emacs for OS X.  I typically find that a few things I use
> regularly don't work, so I give up and go back to emacs 23.

I guess that means it's also not a big deal for you if it doesn't work in Emacs
24? Then I won't have to worry about it. ;-)

> Thanks very much for adding this functionality.  I'm eager to explore
> the possibility of integrating ebib into the regular workflow of my
> colleagues.

Glad I could help. I'm beginning to like this functionality myself too, BTW. I
just customized a bunch of bibtex-* variables so that bibtex-generate-autokey
generates keys according to the system I use and it's working quite nicely.

Best,

Joost


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