bib-finder

Search and insert BibTeX citation keys from your bibliography files. Supports multiple .bib files with fuzzy search and works in any file scope.

Features

• Fuzzy search: Quickly find entries by author, title, or key.
• Multiple files: Use global or project-local .bib files.
• Flexible insertion: Insert bare keys, \cite{}, or \cite[]{} formats.
• Type filtering: Search by entry type with @ or by key with #.

Installation

To install bib-finder search for bib-finder in the Install pane of the Pulsar settings or run ppm install bib-finder. Alternatively, you can run ppm install asiloisad/pulsar-bib-finder to install a package directly from the GitHub repository.

Usage

To use the package, you need a bibliography file in BibTeX format .bib. This file should be created and maintained by the user. There are two ways to use it:

• global: You can specify the file paths in the package settings,
• local: You can use files in project directory.

Commands

Commands available in atom-workspace:

• bib-finder:cite: (F9) open citation list,
• bib-finder:cite-from-local: open citation list from local .bib files only,
• bib-finder:cite-from-source-N: open citation list from specific source,
• bib-finder:open-source-1: (Ctrl+F9) open source no. 1 bib file,
• bib-finder:open-source-N: open source bib file.

Commands available in .bib-finder:

• select-list:name: (Enter) insert <key>,
• select-list:cite: (Alt+Enter) insert \cite{<key>},
• select-list:square: (Ctrl+Enter) insert \cite[]{<key>},
• select-list:update: (F5) manually update list.

Example of .bib file

Here's an example of the content in a bibliography file:

@book{fhck07,
  author = "Hartmann, Friedel and Katz, Casimir",
  title = "Structural Analysis with Finite Elements",
  publisher = "Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg",
  address = "Germany",
  year = "2007",
  ISBN = "10-3-540-49698",
}

@book{stng51,
  author = "S. Timoshenko and J. N. Goodier",
  title = "Theory of elasticity",
  publisher = "{McGRAW-HILL BOOK Company Inc.}",
  address = "New York, Toronto, London",
  year = "1951",
}

Contributing

Got ideas to make this package better, found a bug, or want to help add new features? Just drop your thoughts on GitHub — any feedback's welcome!