John, this does look very powerful. Do you see a path forward that would help add zotero support to org-ref, probably using Erik's zotxt library? Does that seem like a worthwhile goal for you?
Matt On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 6:01 PM, John Kitchin <johnrkitc...@gmail.com> wrote: > With the latest version of org-ref, I can automate export from org > through markdown to docx via pandoc like this: > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (defun ox-export-to-docx-and-open () > "Export the current org file as a docx via markdown." > (interactive) > (let* ((bibfile (expand-file-name (car (org-ref-find-bibliography)))) > ;; this is probably a full path > (current-file (buffer-file-name)) > (basename (file-name-sans-extension current-file)) > (md-file (concat basename ".md")) > (docx-file (concat basename ".docx"))) > > (when (file-exists-p docx-file) (delete-file docx-file)) > (org-export-to-file 'md md-file) > (shell-command (format > "pandoc -s -S --bibliography=%s %s -o %s" > bibfile md-file docx-file)) > (org-open-file docx-file '(16)))) > #+END_SRC > > > this works because i defined a markdown format function that converts > the cite link to pandoc format on export. I could avoid the markdown > translation if I could do an org to org export that would do that. With > a little work we could define file tags like: > > #+PANDOC_CSL: some-csl-file > > that would also get passed to the pandoc command to determine the style > of the citation and bibliography. > > > > > Matt Price writes: > > > i think I may have seen it these on the list at one point, but it's very > > helpful to be reminded. > > > > I do think that the default fonts, etc., are a bit of an acquired taste > for > > humanists; and I've gotten used to using custom styles in html & odt for > > size & placing of images; but even without following the instructions > > carefully, export seems to work, which is pretyt amazing! > > > > Vikas recommends involving pandoc manually, as Erik H. has also suggested > > to me; I would like to aovid doing that if possible, but if it has to be > > done i guess I can find some way of automating it. > > > > There are clearly a lot of options in this space; I am still interested > in > > using Zotero if I can, so will continue working with zotxt, but hopefully > > in a way that gets me closer to other people's usage patterns. > > > > thanks, > > Matt > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Vicente Vera <vicente...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hello. Interesting thread! > >> Matt, have you read Vikas guide to writing papers with Org? > >> https://github.com/vikasrawal/orgpaper > >> From my point of view, using LaTeX through Org isn't difficult at all. > >> You'll need to tweak a few things (packages, figures, etc.), but it's > >> definitely easier for a beginner that starting a LaTeX document from > >> scratch. > >> Here's another article about writing LaTeX (social science) papers: > >> https://github.com/kjhealy/workflow-paper > >> > > -- > 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 >
