helm-bibtex doesn't propose the "search bibtext entries" about helm-bibtex HOT 8 CLOSED

No, you don't seem to be doing anything wrong (except that the name of the function is helm-bibtex not search-bibtex) The only thing I can think of is that your BibTeX file has a syntax error. Can you create a test bibliography with the following content and see if that works?

@article{ClopperPearson1934,
  author = {C. J. Clopper and Egon Sharpe Pearson},
  title = {The Use of Confidence or Fiducial Limits Illustrated in the Case of the Binomial},
  journal = {Biometrika},
  year = {1934},
  volume = {26},
  pages = {404--413},
  number = {4},
  keywords = {binomialdistribution, confidenceintervals, proportions, statistics},
  publisher = {Biometrika Trust},
}

Also make sure you're running the latest version of helm-bibtex. Two days ago, I improved the code for reading BibTeX files.

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Also check the *Messages* buffer for error messages.

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Just tried your file.
Here is my Messages buffer
Error during redisplay: (eval (helm-show-candidate-number (when (listp helm-mode-line-string) (car-safe helm-mode-line-string)))) signaled (wrong-type-argument window-live-p nil)

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Hm, it's seems the problem is somewhere in helm not in helm-bibtex. Have you tried to use other helm sources?

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Just reinstalled my helm and helm bibtex (from melpa) but still have:
Error during redisplay: (eval (helm-show-candidate-number (when (listp helm-mode-line-string) (car-safe helm-mode-line-string)))) signaled (wrong-type-argument window-live-p nil) [2 times]

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Did you set helm-bibtex-notes-path? In my case, if it's nil the call to (f-join helm-bibtex-notes-path (s-concat entry-key helm-bibtex-notes-extension)) fails silently and leads to an empty candidates list.

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Thanks, @duerrp for finding that. It's fixed in 0a9dfde. @samspo could you please test whether the latest versions works for you?

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Yes it works. Thank you very much duerrp.

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