Re: [Ebib-users] Configuration of Ebib with ebibrc

[Phil a. M. C. <pan...@bi...>]

Hi Joost,

I have come to the conclusion that Ebib doesn't like remote files. I have attached the latest version of my ebibrc file. I said before that I use a laptop and a desktop. My .emacs.d directory is stored on Dropbox, this directory is symlinked to each computer, This seems to work fine for Emacs customisation; each computer has an identical version of Emacs.

Rather than use a per-directory keywords file I have been testing a single keywords file. But Ebib doesn't seem not be able to find the ebib-keywords.txt file if it is stored in a symlinked .emacs.d directory. Local files on each computer seem to work fine, but when I moved it over to the .emacs.d directory, all the keywords appear in red, which seems to me to indicate that the keywords list has not been accessed. 

Have I explained this problem clearly enough? I would appreciate some ideas for fixing it.

; ebibrc
; configuration file for ebib
; see Ebib manual for details
; created 2015-09-06, by Phil Carter

; change default entry type to book
; added 2015-09-06
(setq ebib-default-entry-type "Book")

; identify keyword file for each computer
; keywords list for desktop
; 2015-09-15
(setq ebib-keywords-file "/Users/carters/.emacs.d/ebib-keywords.txt")

; keywords list for laptop
; (setq ebib-keywords-file "/Users/philc/.emacs.d/ebib-keywords.txt")

I have another observation. I had a bib file, the first line of which was @comment. This file didn't open correctly, but when I edited the @comment out, all was well.

Thanks again for your help.

Phil

 
     
On 10/09/2015, at 8:06 PM, Joost Kremers wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> 
>> Sorry to keep emailing with problems.
> 
> No problem!
> 
>> If I open a bib file with no keywords, and attempt to add a key word,
>> the keyword appears in red.
> 
> Mmm. I'd expect it not to appear in red, because if you add a keyword,
> it should be added to the list of stored keywords...
> 
>> If I type K, trying to save the keyword, I
>> get a message in the mini-buffer that K is undefined. I don't get to
>> type s.
> 
> Could it be that you're typing 'K' in the entry buffer? It's only bound
> in the index buffer, so you need to leave the entry buffer first.
> 
>> I wondered whether setting ebib-keywords-use-only-file to a non-nil
>> value might fix the problem, but it didn't.
> 
> No, that shouldn't make a difference.
> 
>> I tried creating the file ebib-keywords.txt, with 1 or 2 entries, outside of Ebib, no luck with that either.
>> 
>> Somehow, the file ebib-keywords.txt is not being recognised.
> 
> I'm afraid I'm going to have to test things myself. I use a single
> keyword file, so I don't have much experience with per-directory keyword
> files. I'll let you know if I find something.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Joost
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Joost Kremers
> Life has its moments
> 
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