Re: Bib file path relative to home using tilde ~ in Ubuntu

[Sanjib Sikder <sanjibju2002@gmail.com>]

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Hi,
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> First of all can you confirm your .bashrc setting is working.?
>
> in the terminal
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> echo $BIBINPUTS

--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>

*Here is the output*

~$ echo $BIBINPUTS
.//:/home/USERNAME/bst//:.//:/home/USERNAME/bibFiles//:
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> and also can you check what is the value of BIBINPUTS in emacs.? Within
> Emacs
> evaluate the following (either in scratch buffer or with key press `M-:' or
> with `M-x eval-expression')
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (getenv "BIBINPUTS")
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>


*OUTPUT* is: nil
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> May be the last resort would be setting the variable within your .emacs
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (setenv "BIBINPUTS" ".:$HOME/bib:")
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>

I will try this one
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BTW how you are starting emacs? (command line or gui mouse click?)


I am starting emacs from GUI mouse click. All the above tests are done only
with the .bashrc, i.e., after  removing the lines from .profile and .gnomerc

Thanks a lot.
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*Sanjib Sikder
*Ph.D. Fellow
Chemical Engineering
IIT Bombay*

*



On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala <hi@yagnesh.org>wrote:

>
> Hello Sanjib,
>
> Sanjib Sikder <sanjibju2002@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > "The easiest way to update is logout from the computer, login again and
> start
> > emacs."
> >
> > I did that. Still not working :(
>
> First of all can you confirm your .bashrc setting is working.?
>
> in the terminal
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> echo $BIBINPUTS
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> and also can you check what is the value of BIBINPUTS in emacs.? Within
> Emacs
> evaluate the following (either in scratch buffer or with key press `M-:' or
> with `M-x eval-expression')
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (getenv "BIBINPUTS")
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> If you don't get what you set in your .bashrc, means the shell in Emacs is
> not
> getting BIBINPUTS variable.
>
> May be the last resort would be setting the variable within your .emacs
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (setenv "BIBINPUTS" ".:$HOME/bib:")
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> BTW how you are starting emacs? (command line or gui mouse click?)
>
> Thanks.,
> --
> ఎందరో మహానుభావులు అందరికి వందనములు
> YYR
>

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