"John Wiegley" <jo...@newartisans.com> writes: >>>>>> Frank <f...@muenn.net> writes: > >> I've used org-mode about a year and a half, and I don't think it's the best >> application for what you describe. There are several packages available to >> do this; the one I've used most often and successfully is Zotero >> (zotero.org). This is a browswer plug-in which implements a very nice >> database for your papers. At this point, I've indexed 1092 papers (PDFs, >> web pages and other materials). In some cases, I have multiple files >> attached to each of them. > > If you happen to have a Mac, the application DEVONthink Pro is simply > wonderful for organizing collections like this. I have about 7k PDFs in a > financial database, and it's always easy to find what I'm looking for. > > John > > I work in Org mode and LaTeX. Ebib is integrated with both of them. I follow an Org mode link or a LaTeX citation to the BibTeX entry in Ebib, then open the pdf from Ebib using a link stored in the BibTeX file. I think Ebib is a splendid tool in this situation.
All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com