Autofill more proper. Use the \autofill{FIELD}{} in body.tex to enable autofill. See the \autofill command in style.sty.

papers/plugs/texnote/autofill_tools.py

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+AUTOFILL_TPL = '\\autofill{FIELD}{INFO}'
+
+def autofill(text, paper):
+    for field, repl in get_autofill_info(paper):
+        text = text.replace(find_autofill_pattern(text, field),
+                            autofill_repl(repl, field))
+    return text
+
+def get_autofill_info(paper):
+    fields = paper.bibentry.fields
+
+    info = []
+    if 'year' in fields:
+        info.append(('YEAR', fields['year']))
+    if 'title' in fields:
+        info.append(('TITLE', fields['title']))
+    if 'abstract' in fields:
+        info.append(('ABSTRACT', fields['abstract']))
+    info.append(('AUTHOR', get_author_as_str(paper)))
+    return info
+
+
+def get_author_as_str(paper):
+    persons = paper.bibentry.persons
+    authors = []
+    if 'author' in persons:
+        for author in persons['author']:
+            authors.append(format_author(author))
+    return concatenate_authors(authors)
+
+
+def autofill_template(field):
+    return AUTOFILL_TPL.replace('FIELD', field)
+
+
+def autofill_repl(repl, field):
+    return autofill_template(field).replace('INFO', repl)
+
+
+def find_autofill_pattern(text, field):
+    pattern = autofill_template(field).replace('INFO}', '')
+    start = text.find(pattern)
+    after = start + len(pattern)
+    info_length = text[after:].find('}')
+    end = start + len(pattern) + info_length + 1
+    return text[start:end]
+
+
+##### ugly replace by proper #####
+def format_author(author):
+    first = author.first()
+    middle = author.middle()
+    last = author.last()
+    formatted = ''
+    if first:
+        formatted += first[0]
+    if middle:
+        formatted += ' ' + middle[0] + '.'
+    if last:
+        formatted += ' ' + last[0]
+    return formatted
+
+
+def concatenate_authors(authors):
+    concatenated = ''
+    for a in range(len(authors)):
+        if len(authors) > 1 and a > 0:
+            if a == len(authors) - 1:
+                concatenated += ' and '
+            else:
+                concatenated += ', '
+        concatenated += authors[a]
+    return concatenated
+#####

papers/plugs/texnote/default_body.tex

@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
 %DO_NOT_MODIFY{
 %This file is the starting point for all notes
-%TITLE, AUTHOR, YEAR, ABSTRACT will be automatyically replaced with respect to the associated bibfile
-%All texnote much share the same style so that we can compile them all together without problem
-%You can edit the style file using: papers texnote edit_template -S
+%TITLE, AUTHOR, YEAR, ABSTRACT will be automatyically replaced with respect to the associated bibfile thanks to the \autofill{*FIELD*}{} marker.
 \documentclass{article}
+%All texnote much share the same style so that we can compile them all together without problem
 \usepackage{template/style}
+%You are free to edit the style file using: papers texnote edit_template -S
 \begin{document}
-\begin{center}
-\Large{\textbf{TITLE}} \\ [0.2cm]
-\small{\textsc{AUTHOR}} \\ [0.2cm]
-\normalsize{\textsc{YEAR}} \\ [1cm]
-\end{center}
-\begin{abstract}
-    ABSTRACT
-\end{abstract}
-%You can edit the following of this file using: papers texnote edit_template -B
+%You can edit the template of this file using: papers texnote edit_template -B
 %}
 
-%WRITE YOUR NOTES FROM HERE
-%\section{Notes}
-%   Write your notes here
+\begin{center}
+    \Large{\textbf{\autofill{TITLE}{The title}}} \\ [0.2cm]
+    \small{\textsc{\autofill{AUTHOR}{The authors}}} \\ [0.2cm]
+    \normalsize{\textsc{\autofill{YEAR}{The year}}} \\ [1cm]
+\end{center}
+
+\begin{abstract}
+    \autofill{ABSTRACT}{The abstract}
+\end{abstract}
+
 
 %DO_NOT_MODIFY{
+%You can only cite papers added in you repo.
+%To update the bib file with latest papers info: papers texnote generate_bib
+\bibliographystyle{IEEE}
+\bibliography{template/bib}
 \end{document}
 %}

papers/plugs/texnote/default_style.sty

@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
-\usepackage{amsmath}
-\usepackage{amsfonts}
-\usepackage{amssymb}
-
-\usepackage{algorithm}
-\usepackage{algorithmic}
-	
-\usepackage{graphics}
-\usepackage{graphicx}
-
-\usepackage{hyperref}
-\usepackage{verbatim}
-\usepackage{url}
-
-\usepackage{caption}
-\usepackage{subcaption} 
+%DO_NOT_MODIFY{
+%Dummy command used as marker for the autofill
+\newcommand{\autofill}[2]{#2}
+%}

papers/plugs/texnote/texnote.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import collections
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ from ...plugins import PapersPlugin
 from ...events import RemoveEvent, RenameEvent, AddEvent
 from ...commands.helpers import add_references_argument, parse_reference
 
+from .autofill_tools import autofill
+
 
 SECTION = 'texnote'
 DIR = os.path.join(config().papers_dir, 'texnote')
@@ -86,41 +89,21 @@ class TexnotePlugin(PapersPlugin):
             shutil.copy(TPL_BODY, self._texfile(citekey))
 
     def _autofill_texfile(self, citekey):
-        self._ensure_texfile(citekey)
         with open(self._texfile(citekey)) as f:
             text = f.read()
         rp = repo.Repository(config())
         if citekey in rp:
             paper = rp.get_paper(citekey)
-            fields = paper.bibentry.fields
-            persons = paper.bibentry.persons
-
-            if 'title' in fields:
-                title_str = fields['title']
-                text = text.replace("TITLE", title_str)
-
-            if 'year' in fields:
-                year_str = fields['year']
-                text = text.replace("YEAR", year_str)
-
-            if 'abstract' in fields:
-                abstract_str = fields['abstract']
-                text = text.replace("ABSTRACT", abstract_str)
-
-            if 'author' in persons:
-                authors = []
-                for author in persons['author']:
-                    authors.append(format_author(author))
-                author_str = concatenate_authors(authors)
-                text = text.replace("AUTHOR", author_str)
-
+            text = autofill(text, paper)
             with open(self._texfile(citekey), "w") as f:
                 f.write(text)
 
-    def get_texfile(self, citekey):
+    def get_texfile(self, citekey, autofill=False):
         """ This function returns the name of the texfile and
         ensure it exist and it is filled with info from the bibfile if possible"""
-        self._autofill_texfile(citekey)
+        self._ensure_texfile(citekey)
+        if autofill:
+            self._autofill_texfile(citekey)
         return self._texfile(citekey)
 
     def get_edit_cmd(self):
@@ -135,7 +118,9 @@ class TexnotePlugin(PapersPlugin):
 
         rp = repo.Repository(config())
         citekey = parse_reference(rp, reference)
-        files.edit_file(with_command, self.get_texfile(citekey), temporary=False)
+        files.edit_file(with_command,
+                        self.get_texfile(citekey, autofill=True),
+                        temporary=False)
 
     def edit_template(self, body=None, style=None, with_command=None):
         if with_command is None:
@@ -179,31 +164,3 @@ def rename(renamevent):
     texplug.rename(renamevent.old_citekey,
                    renamevent.paper.citekey,
                    overwrite=True)
-
-
-##### ugly replace by proper #####
-def format_author(author):
-    first = author.first()
-    middle = author.middle()
-    last = author.last()
-    formatted = ''
-    if first:
-        formatted += first[0]
-    if middle:
-        formatted += ' ' + middle[0] + '.'
-    if last:
-        formatted += ' ' + last[0]
-    return formatted
-
-
-def concatenate_authors(authors):
-    concatenated = ''
-    for a in range(len(authors)):
-        if len(authors) > 1 and a > 0:
-            if a == len(authors) - 1:
-                concatenated += 'and '
-            else:
-                concatenated += ', '
-        concatenated += authors[a]
-    return concatenated
-#####