Hongyi Zhao <[email protected]> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 6:03 PM Arash Esbati <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Replace
>>
>>
>> \bibliography{\string~/Documents/bibliograph/better-bibtex/references-bibtex}
>>
>> with
>>
>>
>> \bibliography{/home/werner/Documents/bibliograph/better-bibtex/references-bibtex.bib}
>>
>> in your .tex file and see if RefTeX finds your .bib file.
>
> No. I tried with the above revision, but the same problem still
> occurs.
For me, it works with a simple file like this on my Windows box:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliography{z:/path/to/test-bib-file}
\begin{document}
\begin{verbatim}
(insert "\n"
(format "%S" (symbol-value reftex-docstruct-symbol)))
\end{verbatim}
\end{document}
%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: latex
%%% TeX-master: t
%%% End:
When I eval the form in the verbatim env, there is an entry like this:
(bib "z:/path/to/test-bib-file.bib")
inserted in the buffer, hence RefTeX finds the file which is in a
different directory than the .tex file.
> BTW, I also configured the helm-bibtex as follows: [...] And
> helm-bibtex can works well with the `\string~' variable expansion.
I don't use helm, so I can't tell.
>> Based on your use case, check RefTeX's possibilities to find files[1]
>> and try one of them.
>
> I checked the relevant settings method, but if the absolute path to
> the bib file is used, there should be needless to set anything told in
> the above documentation.
Since the absolute path version doesn't work, you could try something
else provided by RefTeX. Otherwise you have to find the culprit in your
setup. I don't think this is a RefTeX issue.
Best, Arash
