Sort the references in bib file in TeXstudio

If you are willing to sort the references in .bib file according to the article type and reference name in alphabetical order, this article is helpful.

Steps

The steps for the settings includes:

• A script in Python to read the .bib file and order them.
• Setting of Macro in TexStudio to run the script.

Python Script

1. Click to download the python script to sort the .bib.
2. Run the script in cmd

$ python sortBib bibfilename.bib

Setting of Macro in TeXstudio

1. Click on the Edit Macros
2. Select the Script option
3. Type in the Macro name
4. Copy the following script in textbox

// get the path of current working file
var pa = app.getAbsoluteFilePath(app.getCurrentFileName(), ext = "")
var idx = pa.lastIndexOf("/")
var c_dir = pa.substr(0, idx) 
// run the script
cmd = system("python sortBib.py bibfilename.bib", workingDirectory=c_dir)
cmd.waitForFinished()

1. To run the Macro, click on the Macro name shown in the menu after clicking Macros on the top of TeXstudio