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

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

Hi Joost,

I checked the values of the variables you suggested. Here is what C-h v reported: 

ebib-keywords-file: Its value is "/Users/carters/.emacs.d/ebib-keywords.txt"

Seems OK.

ebib--keywords-files-alist: Its value is nil.

I suspect this value shouldn't be nil.

I don't remember whether I told you before, but I am running Emacs 24.4.1 on as Mac with OS X 10.7.5. I seem to remember that there was a substantial step in going from Emacs 23 to Emacs 24. Could this have some bearing on the problem?

Thanks again for your patience.

Phil 

> 
On 16/09/2015, at 5:55 PM, Joost Kremers wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> 
> Your case is getting more and more puzzling...
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Note that the files in your Dropbox folder aren't really remote files:
> they are stored on your local disk and kept in sync with the Dropbox
> server.
> 
> But what's puzzling to me is that my setup seems to be the same as
> yours. My .emacs.d is a symlink to a folder inside my Dropbox folder
> (~/Dropbox/Settings/emacs.d to be exact).
> 
> I've also switched over to per-directory keywords files, just for
> testing, and so far haven't run into any trouble. When I copy a .bib
> file to temporary directory and open it in Ebib, all the keywords are
> shown in red as expected, and when I hit `K s` on an entry, the keywords
> are stored and saved.
> 
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Yes, it does... Like I said, your case is very puzzling... Note that
> changing the setting `ebib-keywords-file` may require a complete restart
> of Emacs (not just Ebib) to take effect. (I'm not entirely sure why that
> is the case, something to do with the way Emacs handles customisable
> variables, I think.)
> 
> Could you check the value of the variables `ebib-keywords-file` and
> `ebib--keywords-files-alist` (note the double dash in the latter) while
> Ebib is running? The easiest way would be to use the *scratch* buffer
> (provided you haven't customised its major mode). So start Ebib and
> lower it again, then switch to the *scratch* buffer and type the name of
> the variable followed by `C-j`. Then the variable's value should appear
> on the next line. (If it's very long, its value will be collapsed, which
> is indicated with three dots near the end. You can put the cursor on it
> and hit RETRUN to make it visible).
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Could you send me the .bib file with the @comment, or at least the
> @comment itself? There shouldn't be any problem opening a file with a
> comment on the first line.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Joost
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Joost Kremers
> Life has its moments
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog!
> Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools
> in one place.
> SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now!
> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140
> _______________________________________________
> Ebib-users mailing list
> Ebi...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ebib-users
>