Re: [Ebib-users] Ebib setup

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

Hi Tom,

On Sat, Mar 08 2014, Thomas S. Dye <ts...@ts...> wrote:
> I have this Org mode source code block that I evaluate as a local
> variable. 
>
>   #+name: ebib-setup
>   #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>     (autoload 'ebib "ebib" "Ebib, a BibTeX database manager." t)
>     (dolist (hook '(org-mode-hook))
>       (add-hook hook (lambda () (local-set-key "\C-cb" 'ebib-insert-bibtex-key))))
>     (setq ebib-bib-search-dirs (quote ("./")))
>     (setq ebib-preload-bib-files (quote ("local.bib")))
>     (setq ebib-local-bibtex-filenames (quote ("local.bib")))
>     (setq ebib-citation-commands
>           (quote ((org-mode (("cite" "[[cite:%K][%A]]"))))))
>   #+end_src
>
> My question: Is it useful to set ebib-local-bibtex-filenames in this
> way?

Well, since you say you evaluate that block as a local variable, it's
probably the only setting that is truly unproblematic. :-) The other
settings are all global settings, they need to be set only once, when
Emacs (or Ebib) is started. `ebib-local-bibtex-filenames' is a
buffer-local variable, so it's fine to set it anew for each buffer.

The other variables won't do much harm if you set them again, though
they may not necessarily do what you expect if you load a second file
with different values. `ebib-preload-bib-files', for example, is only
used the first time Ebib is started. So if you load another org file
that has a different valu for it, Ebib won't load the new file unless
you first quit Ebib altogether.

So I guess it depends a bit on how you use the code whether it will work
well or whether it'll cause confusing problems. Though mostly I think
things'll be fine.

Best,

Joost



BTW, you can change the `%A' in ebib-citaton-commands to `%D' to get a
somewhat more intuitive prompt when you put a citation in the text.


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Joost Kremers
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