Re: [Ebib-users] mastersthesis

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Joost Kremers <joo...@fa...> writes:

> 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. ;-)

Yep, I'm good with emacs 23.

>
>> 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.

Good to hear!  Don't forget to announce to the list if you make
automatic key generation an option :)

Tom

>
> Best,
>
> Joost

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