@JP-Ellis
How are you yourself or other Arch users using "papis" ? Or some other text oriented or command line tool in this field ? Did you commmit to using it for a long time (years) ?
Can you recommend me some blog posts, personal experiences, wiki pages etc, from people describing their (academic) workflow using papis or some other command line bib manager ?
I cant find a place where Arch users, academics or not, share their experiences in this field. The "Arch way".That is, similar related simple tools, preferably cli, working in tandem with other simple tools.
I'm having a lot of trouble finding time tested, "real world" experiences, that last a life long. There is a lot of stuff on the Internet. And I personally know a lot of academic people that need to work with this on a dailly basis. But they are not Linux users. And they couldnt care less about using big bloated tools. They would never touch a command line or use a text oriented workflow.
I know papis from some years now. Read all the README's and wiki pages. Same thing for similar tools like "cobib" "pubs" etc. I'm trying to compare them. Cant decide which one to invest time in learning it properly. Zotero, Jabref, Calibre and all that. But I never commited to using one long term.
I have a distaste for propietary tools, GUI's, and browser based workflows . Spent too much time finding the tools, but have not yet decided where to invest my time. I am a power command line user, but I have never managed to integrate all of this in stable workflow.
Recently, for personal reasons, I've been amassing a ton of pdf's and bib references in a humanities field. I'm overwhelmed. I'm loosing control of my files and references collections.
I feel overloaded with information, and I am loosing stuff and redownloading pdf's. Also need to integrate with Zotero and all. I guess it is not so much a matter of the right tool, but more a matter of finding the right workflow.
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