add nobibliography link

diff --git a/org-ref.org b/org-ref.org
index 13df96df034355c8d4b1ce8ce5aae9cb7215445d..30bf03006a56807061533ebd416bb99e1780e794 100644 (file)
--- a/org-ref.org
+++ b/org-ref.org
@@ -588,6 +588,83 @@ We use a link for the bibliography so that we can click on it to open the biblio
                                                                               
 #+END_SRC
 
+Believe it or not, sometimes it makes sense /not/ to include the bibliography in a document (e.g. when you are required to submit references as a separate file). To generate the references,  in another file, you must make a little tex file with these contents, and then compile it.
+
+#+BEGIN_LaTeX
+  \input{project-description.bbl}
+#+END_LaTeX
+
+Here, we make a =nobibliography= link that acts like the bibliography, enables creation of the bbl file, but does not put an actual bibliography in the file.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle org-ref.el
+(org-add-link-type "nobibliography"
+                  ;; this code is run on clicking. The bibliography
+                  ;; may contain multiple files. this code finds the
+                  ;; one you clicked on and opens it.
+                  (lambda (link-string)        
+                      ;; get link-string boundaries
+                      ;; we have to go to the beginning of the line, and then search forward
+                      
+                    (let* ((bibfile)
+                           ;; object is the link you clicked on
+                           (object (org-element-context))
+ 
+                           (link-string-beginning) 
+                           (link-string-end))
+
+                    (save-excursion
+                      (goto-char (org-element-property :begin object))
+                      (search-forward link-string nil nil 1)
+                      (setq link-string-beginning (match-beginning 0))
+                      (setq link-string-end (match-end 0)))
+
+                      ;; We set the reftex-default-bibliography
+                      ;; here. it should be a local variable only in
+                      ;; the current buffer. We need this for using
+                      ;; reftex to do citations.
+                      (set (make-local-variable 'reftex-default-bibliography) 
+                           (split-string (org-element-property :path object) ","))
+
+                      ;; now if we have comma separated bibliographies
+                      ;; we find the one clicked on. we want to
+                      ;; search forward to next comma from point
+                      (save-excursion
+                        (if (search-forward "," link-string-end 1 1)
+                            (setq key-end (- (match-end 0) 1)) ; we found a match
+                          (setq key-end (point)))) ; no comma found so take the point
+                      ;; and backward to previous comma from point
+                      (save-excursion
+                        (if (search-backward "," link-string-beginning 1 1)
+                            (setq key-beginning (+ (match-beginning 0) 1)) ; we found a match
+                          (setq key-beginning (point)))) ; no match found
+                      ;; save the key we clicked on.
+                      (setq bibfile (org-ref-strip-string (buffer-substring key-beginning key-end)))
+                      (find-file bibfile))) ; open file on click
+
+                    ;; formatting code
+                  (lambda (keyword desc format)
+                    (cond
+                     ((eq format 'org) (org-ref-get-org-bibliography))
+                      ((eq format 'ascii) (org-ref-get-ascii-bibliography))
+                     ((eq format 'html) (org-ref-get-html-bibliography))
+                     ((eq format 'latex)
+                      ;; write out the latex bibliography command                     
+
+;                     (format "{\\setbox0\\vbox{\\bibliography{%s}}}"
+;                             (replace-regexp-in-string  "\\.bib" "" (mapconcat 'identity
+;                                                                               (mapcar 'expand-file-name
+;                                                                                       (split-string keyword ","))
+;                                                                               ",")))
+
+                      (format "\\nobibliography{%s}"
+                              (replace-regexp-in-string  "\\.bib" "" (mapconcat 'identity
+                                                                                (mapcar 'expand-file-name
+                                                                                        (split-string keyword ","))
+                                                                                ",")))
+
+                      ))))                                                                            
+#+END_SRC
+
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle org-ref.el
 (org-add-link-type "printbibliography"
                   (lambda (arg) (message "Nothing implemented for clicking here."))