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Open PDF file by the cite key: \cite{foo} -> open foo.pdf
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gistfile1.el
(defun MyTeX-open-article ()
"Open PDF file by the cite key: \cite{foo} -> open foo.pdf"
(interactive)
(let* ((s (save-excursion
(skip-chars-backward "^{,")
(point)))
(e (save-excursion
(skip-chars-forward "^},")
(point)))
(pdfdir "~/Documents/Dropbox/Papers/pdf/")
(pdffile (concat pdfdir
(buffer-substring-no-properties s e) ".pdf"))
(process-kill-without-query
(start-process-shell-command "Open the article" nil "open" pdffile)))))
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