Re: [Ebib-users] how to edit the key?

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

Hi Mandar,

On Fri, Aug 31 2012, Mandar Mitra <man...@gm...> wrote:
> Recently discovered ebib, and it looks great!

Thanks. :-)

> Since I'm a new user, I'm
> still using a mix of ebib and editing the raw bib file. I'm wondering if
> there's any way to edit the key itself via ebib. A quick look in the
> manual didn't yield anything.

`E' does this. I'm not sure if it's mentioned anywhere in the manual,
though, except in the list of available keys.

> This leads me to the next question. Suppose I change the key (or make
> some other edit) directly in the .bib file. Can I get ebib to reload 
> the data without quitting and restarting?

There's no automatic way. Quitting and restarting should be the quickest
way if you've set ebib-preload-bib-files, otherwise you can close the
database with `c' and open it again with `o'. You'll have to specify the
full path then, though, so that's not necessarily quicker.

Might be a good idea though, to add some way to reload a .bib file...

HTH

Joost


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