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

[Mandar M. <man...@gm...>]

Hi Joost,

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

Indeed it is. I should have looked more carefully. Section "Editing the
Database", subsection "Adding and Deleting Entries", para 3.


> 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...

One use case where this might be useful is if I'm working with a
collaborator on a paper, and the files are shared (e.g. through
Dropbox). If a co-author changes a bib file, it would be nice to
be able to reload quickly. For ordinary tex files, emacs prompts me
whether I should revert-buffer. Something similar for ebib...

If I can put something quick and dirty together, will circulate for
feedback.

Looking forward to a long and fruitful relationship with ebib :),
mandar.