This section contains all commands that you need to manage extended notes.
refdb-addnote-on-buffer(void);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rna
Adds the extended notes in the current buffer to the currently selected database. If nxml-mode considers the buffer to be invalid, an error message is returned and no data are sent to the database
refdb-updatenote-on-buffer(void);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rnu
Updates the extended notes in the current buffer, i.e. existing notes in the database are updated with the data of the current buffer. Works essentially like the Add Notes command.
refdb-deletenote(idlist);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rnd
Asks interactively for a list of NIDs to delete from the current database. The notes will be permanently removed from the database.
It is not possible to delete notes that you do not own.
This submenu provides a variety of commands to run simple and complex queries to retrieve extended notes. The commands interactively ask for the value to search for. Wherever appropriate there is a choice between exact matches and regular expressions.
refdb-getnote-by-title(title);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rot
Asks interactively for the title of a reference. All references that use this string as a title will be displayed. refdb-mode attempts an exact match of the value that you type in.
refdb-getnote-by-title-regexp(title);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rpt
Asks interactively for a title as a regular expression. All notes that contain a matching string as a title will be displayed. refdb-mode attempts a regular expression match of the value that you type in.
refdb-getnote-by-keyword(keyword);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rok
Asks interactively for a keyword. All extended notes that contain this keyword will be displayed. refdb-mode attempts an exact match of the value that you type in. Tab completion is available.
refdb-getnote-by-keyword-regexp(keyword);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rpk
Asks interactively for a keyword as a regular expression. All extended notes that contain this keyword will be displayed. refdb-mode attempts a regular expression match of the value that you type in. Tab completion is available.
refdb-getnote-by-nid(id);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-roi
Asks interactively for the numerical ID of an extended note which will be displayed. The ID is a unique identifier of each note which is maintained by RefDB.
refdb-getnote-by-ncitekey(citekey);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-roc
Asks interactively for the alphanumeric citation key of an extended note which will be displayed. The citation key is also an unique identifier which you can set when first adding a note to the database.
refdb-getnote-by-authorlink(author);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-roa
Asks interactively for the name of an author which will be used for an exact match. All notes which are linked to this author name will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-authorlink-regexp(author);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rpa
Asks interactively for the name of an author which will be used for a regexp match. All notes which are linked to this author name will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-periodicallink( | periodical); | |
periodical); |
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rop
Asks interactively for the name of a periodical which will be used for an exact match. All notes which are linked to this periodical will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-periodicallink-regexp( | periodical); | |
periodical); |
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rpp
Asks interactively for the name of a periodical which will be used for a regexp match. All notes which are linked to this periodical will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-keywordlink(keyword);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rol
Asks interactively for a keyword which will be used for an exact match. All notes which are linked to this keyword will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-keywordlink-regexp( | keyword); | |
keyword); |
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rpl
Asks interactively for a keyword which will be used for a regexp match. All notes which are linked to this keyword will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-idlink(id);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-roq
Asks interactively for the ID of a reference. All notes which are linked to this reference will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-citekeylink(citekey);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rov
Asks interactively for the citation key of a reference. All notes which are linked to this reference will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-advanced-search( | searchstring); | |
searchstring); |
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rod
Asks interactively for a complete notes query string. The syntax of getnote queries is described in the RefDB manual. You may need to escape special characters to hide them from the Lisp interpreter in order to obtain a valid query string.
The commands of this submenu do not ask for a value to search for, but work on a region that you have selected in the current buffer, either by mouse or by setting mark and point appropriately. The contents of the region will be used as the value of your query.
refdb-getnote-by-title-on-region(void);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rCtrl-ot
Uses the selected region as the value of a title regular expression search. All notes which contain the given title will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-keyword-on-region(void);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rCtrl-ok
Uses the selected region as the value of a keyword regular expression search. All notes which contain a matching keyword will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-authorlink-on-region(void);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rCtrl-oa
Uses the selected region as the value of an author name regular expression search. All notes which are linked to a matching person will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-keywordlink-on-region(void);
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rCtrl-ol
Uses the selected region as the value of a keyword regular expression search. All notes which are linked to a matching keyword will be displayed.
refdb-getnote-by-periodicallink-on-region( | void); | |
void); |
bound to: Ctrl-cCtrl-rCtrl-op
Uses the selected region as the value of a periodical search. Notes which are linked to a matching periodical will be displayed.