bibi
A simple tool for organizing a collection of papers and references
Design
bibi is both a storage spec and a collection of tools to store and interact
with a set of references, stored in a latex library.bib file. Each reference
has a unique name (its bibtex id), and this unique name ref_name is used to
store additional data (pdf, notes, ...) in the paths pdfs/ref_name.pdf and
notes/ref_name.md.
It is therefore safe to modify manually any part of library.bib except the
bibtex id. In case of manual edit of the id, bibi repair can be used to
re-match orphan folders with orphan bibtex ids.
To add a pdf, use bibi pdf add ref_name path_to_pdf. If the ref name does not
exist, a new bibtex entry will be created by parsing the relevant information
from the pdf, and displaying $(EDITOR) to enable manual correction.
To add a reference from the contents of the clipboard, use bibi add ref_name.
If the clipboard content fails to parse as a valid bibtex, a temporary file will
be opened in $EDITOR to enable manual specification of the reference.
To edit the bibtex corresponding to a reference, use bibi edit ref_name. This
will load the bibtex in $(EDITOR).
To takes notes (in markdown) on a reference, use bibi notes ref_name. The
notes file will be stored under notes/ref_name.md.