Feature: open pdf from right click on citation inset ?

[Scott Kostyshak]

My first guess is that not many others would find this idea useful,
but I figured it's worth an email to see if I'm wrong.

I would like to be able to right click on a citation and be able to
click on "open pdf". The filenames of the papers I cite are all stored
with the author field of the BibTeX (followed by the extension
".pdf"). Thus, I would just need to input the folder location into a
LyX document setting, and the feature would work.

I'm guessing this feature might not make sense to be in LyX. I'm
expecting a response of "use JabRef" or another bibliography manager
that does that for me.

Any thoughts?

Scott

[Rainer M Krug]

Post by Scott Kostyshak
My first guess is that not many others would find this idea useful,
but I figured it's worth an email to see if I'm wrong.

It is.

Post by Scott Kostyshak
I would like to be able to right click on a citation and be able to
click on "open pdf". The filenames of the papers I cite are all stored
with the author field of the BibTeX (followed by the extension
".pdf"). Thus, I would just need to input the folder location into a
LyX document setting, and the feature would work.

Interesting idea - and useful. But I would see it as a two step process:

1) right click - see bibtex entry
2) click on "file" field in the bibtex entry to see the pdf. In the same
way, on could open URL to see the paper online.

Post by Scott Kostyshak
I'm guessing this feature might not make sense to be in LyX. I'm
expecting a response of "use JabRef" or another bibliography manager
that does that for me.

I think this is not a "managing bibtex files" issue for Jabref et al. and could definitely has its place in LyX.

+1

Rainer

Post by Scott Kostyshak
Any thoughts?
Scott

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[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Post by Rainer M Krug

Post by Scott Kostyshak
I would like to be able to right click on a citation and be able to
click on "open pdf". The filenames of the papers I cite are all stored
with the author field of the BibTeX (followed by the extension
".pdf"). Thus, I would just need to input the folder location into a
LyX document setting, and the feature would work.

1) right click - see bibtex entry
2) click on "file" field in the bibtex entry to see the pdf. In the same
way, on could open URL to see the paper online.

This seems more complicated for no real reason. You basically have the
information when hovering. However, having a new menu entry "see
document" when there is a "pdf" or "postscript" or "url" entry (and the
ps or pdf file actually exists) would be neat.

When trying this out, I have a weird situation. I include a Bibtex
inset, pick bilbiography style "plain"; when I insert a Cite inset, the
only form that I can pick is one that shows the whole citation like
"Smith & Wesson (2002) In the Head: How to Get it Right Every time,
Springer"

How come I cannot have a plain [1]?

JMarc

[Rainer M Krug]

Post by Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

Post by Rainer M Krug

Post by Scott Kostyshak
I would like to be able to right click on a citation and be able to
click on "open pdf". The filenames of the papers I cite are all stored
with the author field of the BibTeX (followed by the extension
".pdf"). Thus, I would just need to input the folder location into a
LyX document setting, and the feature would work.

1) right click - see bibtex entry
2) click on "file" field in the bibtex entry to see the pdf. In the same
way, on could open URL to see the paper online.

This seems more complicated for no real reason. You basically have the
information when hovering.

Ups - must have missed this - sorry.

Post by Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
However, having a new menu entry "see
document" when there is a "pdf" or "postscript" or "url" entry (and
the ps or pdf file actually exists) would be neat.

Yes - that would be neat - selecting which one could be useful, as they
could contain different versions or documents (article, supplements, ...).

Post by Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
When trying this out, I have a weird situation. I include a Bibtex
inset, pick bilbiography style "plain"; when I insert a Cite inset,
the only form that I can pick is one that shows the whole citation
like "Smith & Wesson (2002) In the Head: How to Get it Right Every
time, Springer"
How come I cannot have a plain [1]?
JMarc

--
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44

Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44

email: ***@krugs.de

Skype: RMkrug

PGP: 0x0F52F982