Download pdf files using helm-bibtex and biblio.el

[leoc]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I am using helm-bibtex and biblio.el which allows an extended download action to retrieve the pdf from arXiv. The issue is, that the file is wrongly named and saved to the org-directory.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like the filename to adhere to the file name convention of org-ref and org-roam-bibtex (including the autokey pattern).

  (setq orb-autokey-format "%a%y")

Additional context I have looked at biblio.el at https://github.com/cpitclaudel/biblio.el/blob/55a72b5cd41325d8c98a73932ef3a7b0cf71ea63/biblio-download.el#L37

I don't know how you would imlement this. I would have overwritten the function of biblio and adjusted the file name according to the rest of the configuration. I wondered whether there is a function ready to use to convert the record from biblio to a citation key. Since you are pulling from different libraries already, I thought it would make sense to ask this question here.

Much love and thanks for the packages!

[myshevchuk]

Hi! Thank you for your request. Although, it's not directly related to ORB and I don't have any influence on biblio.el, org-ref and helm-bibtex of course, the request becomes interesting after some rephrasing. I will consider it as a feature request to provide a way to download pdf files associated with the current note, via orb-note-actions. The backend tools will be the same - helm-bibtex and biblio.el, but when called through orb-note-actions, they will do the right job. The vanilla helm-bibtex and biblio.el will not be changed - it's never a good idea for a package to patch another package, unless it's the package's main task. If you want to override these functions directly, you must do it in your config.

Unfortunately, I'm currently a little bit short on time, so can't promise it will be done quickly.

[leoc]

Hey! Thank you for your quick answer. Much appreciated!

I could help if get a little nudge in the right direction. I will look through the source to find out how you integrate the various packages. I hope to find some time this weekend :)