RefTex searching for multiple articles with Helm

Question

I recently started using Helm and am really enjoying it. However, I use emacs to write a lot of LaTeX. When I cite articles, I often need to cite several in the same cite macro - I could search my bibliography file for two separate entries very easily, using RefTex:

citekey1\|citekey2

However when helm mode is on, this no longer works. I can still search for single articles but not multiple articles. How can I do the above in helm?

I like Helm as well, but switched back to `reftex-citation` for bibtex keys for exactly this reason! — Tyler, Apr 17 '15 at 14:43

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited May 27 '15 at 13:37

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You can do this with helm-bibtex, available through MELPA or GitHub.

Just use C-SPC to select entries and then TAB and "insert citation".

edited May 27 '15 at 13:37

Kaushal Modi

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answered Apr 19 '15 at 04:39

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GJStein · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-06T14:32:24.933

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@Tyler suggested that Helm could be simply disabled for reftex-citation. After a bit of digging, I found that this can be done by modifying the helm-completing-read-handlers-alist variable. I would recommend reading the documentation on it (using C-h v helm-completing-read-handlers-alist), but adding this line to you init.el file will do the trick:

(eval-after-load 'helm-mode '(add-to-list 
    'helm-completing-read-handlers-alist '(reftex-citation . nil) )
    )

With this line included, reftex-citation should run without deferring to helm.

edited Jul 06 '15 at 14:32

answered Jul 06 '15 at 14:27

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That is just what I wanted. – user2178117 Aug 12 '15 at 20:20

RefTex searching for multiple articles with Helm

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