cb2Bib: The cb2Bib Citer

The cb2Bib Citer is a keyboard based module for inserting citation IDs into a working document. Conveniently, the command c2bciter, or its expansion 'cb2bib --citer', can be assigned to a global, desktop wide shortcut key. This will provide an easy access to the citer from within any text editor. Pressing the shortcut turns on and off the citer panel. Once appropriate references are selected, pressing key C sets the citations either to the clipboard or to a LyX pipe, closes the citer panel, and returns keyboard focus to the editor.

By default, c2bciter loads all references from the current directory, specified in the cb2Bib main panel. On the desktop tray, the cb2Bib icon indicates that the citer is running. Its context menu offers the possibility to load other files or directories, or to toggle full screen mode.

Search, filtering, navigation, and citation are keyword based. Pressing keys A, I, J, T, and Y sorts the references by author, included date, journal, title, and year, respectively. Key F initiates filtering, and Esc leaves filtering mode. References are selected when pressing enter. Key S toggles the current selection display, and Del clears the selection. The combination Shift + letter navigates through the rows starting by the letter.

Key sequence Alt+C toggles clipboard connection on and off. When connection is on, the clipboard contents is set, each time it changes, as the filter string. This provides a fast way to retrieve a given reference while browsing elsewhere.

   Usage:      cb2bib --citer [dirname1 [dirname2 ... ]]
               cb2bib --citer [filename1.bib [filename2.bib ... ]]

   Display Keys
      A        author - journal - year - title
      I        included date - title
      J        journal - year - author
      T        title
      Y        year - author - journal - title

   Action Keys
      C        Cite selected citations and close citer window
      D        Delete filter
      Del      Unselect all citations
      E        Edit current citation's source
      Enter    Select current citation
      Esc      Exit filter mode or close citer window
      F        Enter filter mode
      O        Open current citation's file
      S        Display the set of selected citations
      U        Open current citation's URL

   Other Shortcuts
      Alt+C    Toggle Clipboard
      Alt+O    Open BibTeX files
      Ctrl+F   Search In Files
      Ctrl+O   Open BibTeX directory
      Shift+   Keyboard search naviagation

See also Release Note cb2Bib 1.3.0, Release Note cb2Bib 1.4.0, and The cb2Bib Annote.