inspire.el

inspire.el is an Emacs interface for literature and references searching on the high energy article database inspirehep.

Common usage

inspire.el provides two main entry functions for searching on inspirehep:
inspire-literature-search for literature lookup, and inspire-author-search for author lookup. inspire.el will then pop-up a list of records where one can browse and examine detailed information for each record. The SPIRES syntax is available for inspire-literature-search function.

In the record list, use n and p to navigate through the list.
Other useful commands and their default bindings:

• u (inspire-open-url) : open the web page associated to the item
• d (inspire-download-pdf): download PDF from a selected source
• b (inspire-export-bibtex-new-buffer): export the bibTeX entry to a temporary buffer
• B (inspire-export-bibtex-to-file): export the bibtex entry to a .bib file
• e (inspire-download-pdf-export-bibtex): download PDF and export bibTeX info to a file
• a (inspire-record-author-lookup): look up for a author profile in current record
• r (inspire-reference-search): look up for references of the current record
• c (inspire-citation-search): look up for citations of the current record
• [ (inspire-previous-search), ] (inspire-next-search): navigate through the search history
• q (inspire-exit): exit the record list

Some texts in the record or author information buffer are clickable and will preform corresponding action when clicked upon.

Installation

inspire.el is available on MELPA. After installing from package-install, put the following code in your init file:

(require 'inspire)

Or if you use use-package, you can simply put:

(use-package inspire
  :ensure t)

and use-package will automatically download the package for you.

Customization

Various options of inspire.el are located in the customize group named inspire. You can also set the variables directly:

faces

To make the display faces use monospace fonts:

(setq inspire-use-variable-pitch nil)

You can also set the relevant faces (faces start with inspire-) directly.

using new frames

To not pop up a new frame when initiating a new inspire query:

(setq inspire-pop-up-new-frame nil)

The new frame parameter is set by the variable inspire-frame-alist.

download folder

To change the default download folder for papers:

(setq inspire-default-download-folder "/some/other/directory/")

master bibfile

To change the default bibTeX file that functions inspire-export-bibtex-to-file and inspire-download-pdf-export-bibtex point to:

(setq inspire-master-bibliography-file "/your/preferred_file.bib")

To use absolute paths for pdf links when exporting bibTeX entries:

(setq inspire-pdf-use-absolute-path t)

pdf view function

To change the default pdf viewing function, set the variable inspire-pdf-open-function accordingly. For example, to open in Preview.app in macOS:

(setq inspire-pdf-open-function (lambda (fpath) (call-process "open" nil 0 nil "-a" "/Applications/Preview.app" fpath)))

TO DO list

• check the existence of bib record in bib file and ask if wish to replace
• large experiment stutter issue (couldn’t really fix, author list too long for big experiments like LHC)
• reference list in record page