From 1392b08f7b92bbc87584c9cbcc084dc3dab7b79b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:29:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bibliographic software: added papis --- wiki/bibliographic_software.md | 9 +++ wiki/linux/papis.md | 133 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 142 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wiki/bibliographic_software.md create mode 100644 wiki/linux/papis.md diff --git a/wiki/bibliographic_software.md b/wiki/bibliographic_software.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89e4570 --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/bibliographic_software.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Bibliographic Software + +A bibliographic software is software that manages a database of citation or bibliographic records. +It produces citations for the stored records that are used in scholarly research. + +## Software Solutions + +- [Papis](/wiki/linux/papis.md) is a [command-line based](/wiki/linux/shell.md) for + [Linux](/wiki/linux.md) bibliography manager that can be used for LaTeX using the BibTeX format. diff --git a/wiki/linux/papis.md b/wiki/linux/papis.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c3ce0e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/linux/papis.md @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +# Papis + +[Papis](/wiki/linux/papis.md) is a [command-line based](/wiki/linux/shell.md) for +[Linux](/wiki/linux.md) [bibliography manager](/wiki/bibliographic_software.md) that can be used +for LaTeX using the BibTeX format. + +## Setup + +Papis can be installed on most distributions by acquiring the `papis` package. +Alternatively it can be downloaded from [the GitHub page](https://github.com/papis/papis). + +### Configuration + +To use Papis a config file needs to be created. +The path of the global config file is `~/.config/papis/config`. +A minimal config can look like the following. +Make sure to change the path of the papers directory. + +```txt +[papers] +dir = ~/cloud/bibliography/papis + +[settings] +default-library = papers +``` + +## Usage + +The following section describes various ways of usage of Papis. + +### Adding, Removing, Editing and Browsing Entries + +An entry can be added by running a command similar to the following. +The values for the different keys needs to be changed, added or omitted accordingly. + +```sh +papis add ~/Documents/interesting.pdf \ + --folder-name interesting-paper-2021 \ + --set author 'John Smith' \ + --set title 'The interesting life of bees' \ + --set year 1985 \ + --set tags 'biology interesting bees' +``` + +Papis can also add sources directly via their DOI code. + +```sh +papis add --from doi 10.10763/1.3237134 +``` + +For the most well known journals are also recognized by Papis + +```sh +papis add https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.03134 +``` + +To remove an entry the following command can be run. +Afterwards the entry that should be removed can be easily selected via the terminal user interface. + +```sh +papis rm +``` + +Entries can be edited by using the following command. + +```sh +papis edit +``` + +Entries can be browsed and viewed either in the terminal or via a local website. +For the first run the following command. + +```sh +papis browse +``` + +For the latter the following command can be run to start the server. +The command-line output will show the address to reach the service. + +```sh +papis serve +``` + +### Create a BibTeX file + +A BibTeX file containing all the entries of all the libraries can be created by running the +following command. +For this the command will create a file called `lib.bib`. + +```sh +papis export --all --format bibtex --out lib.bib +``` + +### Clearing the Cache + +The cache of Papis can be cleared by running the following command. + +```sh +papis --cc +``` + +### Import Entries from a BibTeX File + +This section will discuss the way to add the contents of a BibTeX file to the database. +First the BibTeX file (in this case called `mylib.bib`) will be used to create a new database +inside the folder `tmp-db`. + +```sh +papis bibtex read mylib.bib import -a -o tmp-db +``` + +Afterwards the contents of the temporary database should be checked to be correctly imported. + +```sh +papis -l tmp-db edit +``` + +Afterwards the contents of the temporary library should be moved to the actualy directory where +papis stores its entries. +The path for that can be found in the [config file](#configuration). + +```sh +mv tmp-db/* /path/to/your/library/folder/ +``` + +Finally the cache needs to be cleared for Papis to display the new entries correctly. + +```sh +papis --cc +``` + +Finally the cache needs to be [cleared](#clearing-the-cache) for Papis to display the new entries +correctly.