That sounds ok. I pushed a change that sort of does what you ask for. If the "calculated" pdf doesn't exist then you should get prompted for a pdf, and pressing enter for the default (no pdf) should not add a pdf link.
John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Andreas Kiermeier < andreas.kierme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks John. > > Yes, that was the case, because I had no intention of downloading the > pdfs. So I had set > > (setq doi-utils-download-pdf nil) > > and left org-ref-pdf-directory nil. Setting it to a valid directory gets > rid of the error. Thanks. > > I would find it useful (given that I've disabled auto-download) if I was > prompted for the location of the pdf. That way I could either (a) provide a > link to the pdf wherever I've stored it, or (b) not provide a link (yet). > Just a thought. > > Thanks again for all your help. > > Andreas > > On 26 December 2015 at 00:37, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> > wrote: > >> What about the value of org-ref-pdf-directory. This seems to be where >> your error is coming from. Your debugger info suggests it is set to nil. >> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) >> file-name-as-directory(nil) >> org-ref-open-bibtex-notes() >> doi-utils-insert-bibtex-entry-fr >> >> John >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Professor John Kitchin >> Doherty Hall A207F >> Department of Chemical Engineering >> Carnegie Mellon University >> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >> 412-268-7803 >> @johnkitchin >> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Andreas Kiermeier < >> andreas.kierme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've set the HOME environment variable to "C:/Users/andre_000/Documents" >>> and hence need the .. to get into the Dropbox folder. >>> >>> Executing (find-file org-ref-bibliography-notes) does find and open the >>> correct notes file. >>> >>> Using an absolute path, as in: >>> >>> (setq org-ref-bibliography-notes >>> "C:/Users/andre_000/Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/bibnotes.org" >>> org-ref-default-bibliography >>> '("C:/Users/andre_000/Dropbox/_biblio/refs.bib")) >>> >>> results in the same error. >>> >>> After dropping a PDF file into the .bib file I end up with the following >>> additional entry (for example) in the bibnotes.org file. I thought I'd >>> include it just to ensure that nothing gets chopped of - this entry >>> correctly reflect the PDF. >>> >>> ** TODO 2007 - Taenia Saginata in Europe >>> :PROPERTIES: >>> :Custom_ID: dorny_2007 >>> :AUTHOR: Dorny \& Praet >>> :JOURNAL: Veterinary Parasitology >>> :YEAR: 2007 >>> :VOLUME: 149 >>> :PAGES: 22-24 >>> :DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.004 >>> :URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.004 >>> :END: >>> >>> Does the notes file need a specific set up in terms of headers etc? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr Andreas Kiermeier | Director >>> Statistical Process Improvement Consulting and Training Pty Ltd >>> Mbl: +61 (4)23 028 565 | Email: andreas.kierme...@gmail.com >>> Australia >>> >>> On 25 December 2015 at 13:17, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> That is an odd looking path. On Mac that would expand to something like >>>> >>>> /Users/Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/bibnotes.org >>>> >>>> and on linux >>>> >>>> /home/Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/bibnotes.org >>>> >>>> usually you should not have permission for that, and neither make sense >>>> to me. >>>> >>>> Does (file-exists-p org-ref-bibliography-notes) return true? >>>> >>>> or alternatively does (find-file org-ref-bibliography-notes) actually >>>> open a writable file? >>>> >>>> I would think this is what you want (unless you have some unusual setup >>>> and permissions): >>>> >>>> (setq org-ref-bibliography-notes "~/Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/ >>>> bibnotes.org" >>>> org-ref-default-bibliography '("~/Dropbox/_biblio/refs.bib")) >>>> >>>> i.e. no .. in the path. >>>> >>>> Andreas Kiermeier writes: >>>> >>>> > Hi John, >>>> > >>>> > I've set it at follows (based on your setup) in my init.el file: >>>> > >>>> > (setq org-ref-bibliography-notes "~/../Dropbox/_biblio/org-ref/ >>>> bibnotes.org" >>>> > org-ref-default-bibliography '("~/../Dropbox/_biblio/refs.bib")) >>>> > >>>> > So, non-nil. >>>> > >>>> > Andreas >>>> > >>>> > On 25 December 2015 at 00:45, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> >>>> >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 1:04 AM, Andreas Kiermeier < >>>> >> andreas.kierme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>> org-ref-open-bibtex-notes() >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> That looks like a different error that occurs in >>>> org-ref-open-bibtex-notes(). >>>> >> Up to that point everything looks normal. >>>> >> >>>> >> What do you have your org-ref-bibliography-notes variable set to? The >>>> >> default value is nil which would cause that error. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> John >>>> >> >>>> >> ----------------------------------- >>>> >> Professor John Kitchin >>>> >> Doherty Hall A207F >>>> >> Department of Chemical Engineering >>>> >> Carnegie Mellon University >>>> >> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >>>> >> 412-268-7803 >>>> >> @johnkitchin >>>> >> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Professor John Kitchin >>>> Doherty Hall A207F >>>> Department of Chemical Engineering >>>> Carnegie Mellon University >>>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >>>> 412-268-7803 >>>> @johnkitchin >>>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >>>> >>> >>> >> >
