From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: org-ref file path to pdf
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:03:52 -0500
Message-ID: <m2r35jn5lz.fsf@Johns-MacBook-Air.local>
References: <868trt5j4u.fsf@georgotto.de>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36014)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>) id 1cEdmb-0006ya-1b
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:05:22 -0500
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>) id 1cEdmX-0006PW-30
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:05:21 -0500
Received: from mail-qk0-f177.google.com ([209.85.220.177]:32798)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16)
	(Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>)
	id 1cEdmW-0006Fi-Ux
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:05:17 -0500
Received: by mail-qk0-f177.google.com with SMTP id x190so416168064qkb.0
	for <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>; Wed, 07 Dec 2016 07:04:55 -0800 (PST)
In-reply-to: <868trt5j4u.fsf@georgotto.de>
List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: "Emacs-orgmode"
	<emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
To: "Georg W. Otto" <g.otto@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

This doesn't sound like something that should be happening I think. How
current is your org-ref?

I do not use the notes feature so it does not get tested too often. You
may be able to control the format of the notes created with the variable
org-ref-note-title-format if you are using the default notes function
that adds a headline. 


Georg W. Otto writes:

> Dear all,
>
>
> This is probably something that has come up before, but so far I haven't
> found a solution:
>
> My problem concerns automatic file path expansion in my org-ref
> setting. According to the instructions in
>
> https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref
> and
> https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4gudyw/help_me_with_my_orgmode_workflow_for_notetaking/
>
> I set up the paths to my bibliography, my notes and my pdfs like this:
>
> (setq org-ref-bibliography-notes "~/Dropbox/bibliography/notes.org"
>       org-ref-default-bibliography '("~/Dropbox/bibliography/references.bib")
>       org-ref-pdf-directory "~/Dropbox/bibliography/bibtex-pdfs/")
>
>
> Navigation to a bibtex entry and running org-ref-open-bibtex-notes
> creates an orgmode heading in notes.org that contains a link to the pdf
> file of the publication. Unfortunately, that link uses an expanded file
> path, i.e:
> /home/<username>/Dropbox/bibliography/bibtex-pdfs/BibtexKey.pdf
>
> so it is useless when generated by a different user. Would it be
> possible to create a link that does not expand the file path, like this
>
> ~/Dropbox/bibliography/bibtex-pdfs/BibtexKey.pdf
>
> I appreciate your help.
>
> Georg


-- 
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