makemycv

To do anything useful here, you must have LaTeX with BibTeX installed. If you don’t use LaTeX, this module isn’t the place to start. Sorry.

The first function here, makemycv, will take a few arguments and put sorted \bibentry commands into .tex files with names corresponding to BibTeX entry types. In doing so, you can then simply use an \input command to embed all of these citations right in your document in an enumerated environment.

You’ll need the following in the header of your LaTeX cv file.

\usepackage{bibentry}
\newcommand{\enquote}[1]{``#1''}
\makeatletter\let\saved@bibitem\@bibitem\makeatother
\usepackage[colorlinks=true]{hyperref}
\makeatletter\let\@bibitem\saved@bibitem\makeatother

The last 3 lines are only necessary if you want to use the hyperref package, which has some compatibility issues with bibentry.

Then put:

\input{articles.tex}

where you want articles listed, etc.

Then, with your maintained .bib file, in the same location as your cv (for now), and within the same directory as your cv and cv.bib file open a python terminal and type.

>>> import vitae
>>> vitae.makemycv()

Alternatively, you can type:

> python -c  "import vitae; vitae.makemycv()"

in your terminal (Anaconda Terminal if you are using Anaconda Python on Windows).

This will make your article.tex file along with the other defaults (see the help on makemycv).

Note that that are a ton of options for makemycv. Please use:

>>> import vitae
>>> help(vitae.makemycv)

To see how to tweak it to your needs.

If you try vitae, please understand:

1. No warrantee. This is still a work in progress.

2. Please provide your feedback.

3. Please help! I can use help with additional portions.

If you don’t use LaTeX, this isn’t easy enough for you yet. It’s a long ways away. However, texblog has a decent start in writing a Résumé in LaTeX . It doesn’t include the paper inclusion trick being used by vitae.

write_bibs

The second function is write_bibs. This allows you to convert bibs with a bunch of constraints into a format that pandoc can output. It REQUIRES a full LaTeX and pandoc installation that works in your terminal environment.

Constraints include:

1. Since a year

2. Number

3. Types of publications

For instance:

>>> import vitae
>>> vitae.write_bibs(bibfile = '/Users/jslater/Documents/Resumes/cv.bib',
                     bibliographystyle='aiaa',
                     outfile_name='try.html',
                     since_year=2008)

Alternatively, from a command line:

> python -c  "import vitae; vitae.write_bibs(bibfile='cv.bib',
                                             bibliographystyle='aiaa',
                                             outfile_name = 'bibs.html',
                                             since_year=2008)"