The example YAML key for R markdown in bbt_write_bib() doesn't work

[florisvdh]

The documentation of bbt_write_bib() suggested:

bibliography: "`r rbbt::bbt_write_bib("bibliography.json", overwrite = TRUE)`"

However copying this into a Rmd file does not work because double quotes are used inside double quotes. Will fix this.

[dmi3kno]

This remains my main method of using rbbt @cderv. I love it to pieces!

Basically, as long as Zotero is running in the background, I don't need to worry about updating my .bib file ever! I just insert the keys as I write the document and the .bib file is updated just before it is rendered by knitr.

I am aware of the visual mode, and I don't like it, because

• I am too used to text mode, and
• visual mode freezes with large Zotero collections (rstudio/rstudio#9878).

In contrast, rbbt interface is much lighter and does not load the whole collection on insert.

[cderv]

Ok I see. But the path is fixed right ? bibliography.json ?

So if you were to run this at the last chunk of you document (or maybe even in a setup chunk) this would have the same effect, wouldn't it ?

bibliography: bibliography.json

and then somewhere in the doc

```{r}
#| include: false
rbbt::bbt_write_bib("bibliography.json", overwrite = TRUE)

This is how we would do it usually with `knitr::write_bib()`  which write by default to a bib file any citation of packages loaded 

https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown-cookbook/write-bib.html

Why couldn't this be used the same way ? it would work in Quarto 

[dmi3kno]

I don't know why I never did it! I guess I assumed that YAML is evaluated before the body of the document. I honestly don't know. So stupid. Of course, @cderv it works as it should! Loving it. Thank you!

[cderv]

I think that should be the new documented way for rbbt it will work no matter Rmd or .qmd and it is to my opinion more in line with the workflow.

Glad I could help ! Thanks for asking the question and making me discover this package.

[dmi3kno]

@bwiernik we should put this example into the documentation, preferably in README as one of the recommended ways of using rbbt.