diff --git a/papers/beets_ui.py b/papers/beets_ui.py
index b633fd6..0840caf 100644
--- a/papers/beets_ui.py
+++ b/papers/beets_ui.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import locale
 import sys
 from ConfigParser import NoOptionError
 
+from . import configs
+
 
 class UserError(Exception):
     """UI exception. Commands should throw this in order to display
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ def _encoding(config):
     """Tries to guess the encoding used by the terminal."""
     # Configured override?
     try:
-        return config.get('papers', 'terminal-encoding')
+        return config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'terminal-encoding')
     except NoOptionError:
         # Determine from locale settings.
         try:
diff --git a/papers/commands/add_cmd.py b/papers/commands/add_cmd.py
index c6b4bc8..0b37e57 100644
--- a/papers/commands/add_cmd.py
+++ b/papers/commands/add_cmd.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from .. import repo
 from .. import files
 from ..paper import Paper, NoDocumentFile
+from . import configs
 
 
 def add_paper_with_docfile(repo, paper, docfile=None, copy=False):
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ def extract_doc_path_from_bibdata(paper, ui):
             return file_path
         else:
             ui.warning("File does not exist for %s (%s)."
-                        % (paper.citekey, file_path))
+                       % (paper.citekey, file_path))
     except NoDocumentFile:
         return None
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def command(config, ui, bibfile, docfile, copy):
     :param docfile: path (no url yet) to a pdf or ps file
     """
     if copy is None:
-        copy = config.get('papers', 'import-copy')
+        copy = config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'import-copy')
     rp = repo.Repository.from_directory(config)
     p = Paper.load(bibfile)
     # Check if another doc file is specified in bibtex
diff --git a/papers/commands/edit_cmd.py b/papers/commands/edit_cmd.py
index a7ce660..efc0c98 100644
--- a/papers/commands/edit_cmd.py
+++ b/papers/commands/edit_cmd.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from ..files import editor_input
 from .. import repo
 from ..paper import get_bibentry_from_string, get_safe_metadata_from_content
+from . import configs
 
 
 def parser(subparsers, config):
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ def command(config, ui, reference, meta):
     if meta:
         to_edit = 'meta'
     filepath = rp.path_to_paper_file(key, to_edit)
-    editor = config.get('papers', 'edit-cmd')
+    editor = config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'edit-cmd')
     with open(filepath) as f:
         content = f.read()
     while True:
diff --git a/papers/commands/import_cmd.py b/papers/commands/import_cmd.py
index 598a7d3..3fa56ed 100644
--- a/papers/commands/import_cmd.py
+++ b/papers/commands/import_cmd.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from .. import repo
 from ..paper import Paper
 from add_cmd import add_paper_with_docfile, extract_doc_path_from_bibdata
+from . import configs
 
 
 def parser(subparsers, config):
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ def command(config, ui, bibpath, copy):
     :param bibpath: path (no url yet) to a bibliography file
     """
     if copy is None:
-        copy = config.get('papers', 'import-copy')
+        copy = config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'import-copy')
     rp = repo.Repository.from_directory(config)
     # Extract papers from bib
     papers = Paper.many_from_path(bibpath, fatal=False)
diff --git a/papers/commands/open_cmd.py b/papers/commands/open_cmd.py
index 37de93e..1001d05 100644
--- a/papers/commands/open_cmd.py
+++ b/papers/commands/open_cmd.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import subprocess
 from ..color import colored
 from .. import repo
 from ..paper import NoDocumentFile
+from . import configs
 
 
 def parser(subparsers, config):
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ def command(config, ui, citekey):
     paper = rp.paper_from_ref(citekey, fatal=True)
     try:
         filepath = paper.get_document_path()
-        subprocess.Popen([config.get('papers', 'open-cmd'), filepath])
+        subprocess.Popen([config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'open-cmd'), filepath])
         print("%s opened." % colored(filepath, 'filepath'))
     except NoDocumentFile:
         print("%s: No document associated to this entry %s."
diff --git a/papers/configs.py b/papers/configs.py
index 5ff2663..5249477 100644
--- a/papers/configs.py
+++ b/papers/configs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import ConfigParser
 
+
+MAIN_SECTION = 'papers'
 CONFIG_PATH = os.path.expanduser('~/.papersrc')
 DEFAULT_PAPERS_DIRECTORY = os.path.expanduser('~/.papers')
 DEFAULT_OPEN_CMD = 'open'
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ except KeyError:
 DEFAULT_IMPORT_COPY = 'yes'
 DEFAULT_IMPORT_MOVE = 'no'
 DEFAULT_COLOR = 'yes'
-
+DEFAULT_PLUGINS = ''
 
 CONFIG = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser({
     'papers-directory': DEFAULT_PAPERS_DIRECTORY,
@@ -20,8 +22,9 @@ CONFIG = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser({
     'edit-cmd': DEFAULT_EDIT_CMD,
     'import-copy': DEFAULT_IMPORT_COPY,
     'import-move': DEFAULT_IMPORT_MOVE,
-    'color': DEFAULT_COLOR})
-CONFIG.add_section('papers')
+    'color': DEFAULT_COLOR,
+    'plugins': DEFAULT_PLUGINS})
+CONFIG.add_section(MAIN_SECTION)
 
 
 def read_config():
@@ -42,6 +45,10 @@ def add_and_write_option(section, option, value):
     f.close()
 
 
+def get_plugins(cfg):
+    return cfg.get(MAIN_SECTION, 'plugins').split()
+
+
 def get_boolean(value, default):
     value = str(value).lower()
     if value in ('yes', 'true', 't', 'y', '1'):
diff --git a/papers/papers b/papers/papers
index a6c7164..7c692f2 100755
--- a/papers/papers
+++ b/papers/papers
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ cmds = collections.OrderedDict([
 config = configs.read_config()
 ui = UI(config)
 
+# Extend with plugin commands
+plugs = configs.get_plugins(config)
+for plugname in plugs:
+    module_name = 'papers.plugins.' + plugname + '.' + plugname + '_cmd'
+    plug = __import__(module_name, globals(), locals(),
+                      ['parser', 'command'], -1)
+    cmds.update(collections.OrderedDict([(plugname, plug)]))
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="research papers repository")
 subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title="valid commands", dest="command")
 
diff --git a/papers/plugins/__init__.py b/papers/plugins/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/papers/plugins/texnote/__init__.py b/papers/plugins/texnote/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/papers/plugins/texnote/texnote_cmd.py b/papers/plugins/texnote/texnote_cmd.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a32cda2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/papers/plugins/texnote/texnote_cmd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#from ... import pretty
+#from ... import repo
+
+
+def parser(subparsers, config):
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser('texnote', help="edit advance note in latex")
+    return parser
+
+
+def command(config, ui):
+    ui.print_('texnote test')
diff --git a/papers/repo.py b/papers/repo.py
index bc43bc0..c7abf88 100644
--- a/papers/repo.py
+++ b/papers/repo.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import glob
 
-import files
-from paper import PaperInRepo, NoDocumentFile
-from color import colored
-import configs
+from . import files
+from .paper import PaperInRepo, NoDocumentFile
+from .color import colored
+from . import configs
 
 
 ALPHABET = 'abcdefghijklmopqrstuvwxyz'
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ class Repository(object):
             raise(ValueError("%s is not a valid paper file." % file_))
 
     def get_document_directory(self):
-        if self.config.has_option('papers', 'document-directory'):
-            doc_dir = self.config.get('papers', 'document-directory')
+        if self.config.has_option(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'document-directory'):
+            doc_dir = self.config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'document-directory')
         else:
             doc_dir = os.path.join(self.papersdir, DOC_DIR)
         return files.clean_path(doc_dir)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class Repository(object):
     def from_directory(cls, config, papersdir=None):
         repo = cls(config=config)
         if papersdir is None:
-            papersdir = config.get('papers', 'papers-directory')
+            papersdir = config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'papers-directory')
         repo.papersdir = files.clean_path(papersdir)
         repo.load()
         return repo
diff --git a/papers/ui.py b/papers/ui.py
index b54fe39..cb920bd 100644
--- a/papers/ui.py
+++ b/papers/ui.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-from beets_ui import _encoding, input_
+from .beets_ui import _encoding, input_
 
-from color import colored
+from .color import colored
+from . import configs
 
 
 class UI:
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ class UI:
 
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.encoding = _encoding(config)
-        self.color = config.getboolean('papers', 'color')
+        self.color = config.getboolean(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'color')
 
     def colored(self, s, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.color:
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ class UI:
         replaces it.
         """
         txt = [s.encode(self.encoding, 'replace')
-                if isinstance(s, unicode) else s
+               if isinstance(s, unicode) else s
                for s in strings]
         print(' '.join(txt))