Paperpile and emacs: bib files

Holger_Karl · May 24, 2021, 1:09pm

Hi,
since

Paperpile still does not have a proper API (we are all impatient for a REST API!!), and since
Paperile file field is unusual (different from Zotero; it includes “StarredPapers” in the path name, …)

here is a little bash script that checks wether a downloaded file is newer than the file in your current directory and fixes up paperpile’s exported bibfile so that emacs / helm-bibtex / ivy-bibtex can work smoothly with it. E.g., that allows to open the PDF from a cite command with 1-2 keypresses.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/hkarl/7b497f2cc659a55ae2d2ceef3d1dc32e

paperpile.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Get the newest paperpile and fix the format

# Argument 1: Paperpile folder name to look for 

# This is messy because paperpile insists on putting spaces in file names and gnu make can't handle that :-(

# This is also messy because paperpile has such a weird file format; not really compatible with ivy-bibtex / helm-bibtex in emacs.

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Happy to answer questions, if anybody finds that useful.

Best,
HK

giovanni · May 25, 2021, 12:11pm

FYI: automatic BibTeX export is now available as a Preview: