# Push applications

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [May 10, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808 "2023-05-10T09:47:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![matteo339](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/matteo339/32/1596_2.png) [@matteo339](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/matteo339)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/1 "2023-05-10T09:47:56Z")

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It’s possible to add `TexWorks` among the external programs?

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-10 at 11.50.43](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/2X/b/b68dce14592c29dfa282f2ca8ba2d06abb3bfec4.png)

Matteo

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**Author:** ![mlep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/mlep/32/387_2.png) [@mlep](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/mlep)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/2 "2023-05-10T10:59:10Z")

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A while ago, there was a discussion about this issue: [JR doesn't send citation commands to TeXworks · Issue #3197 · JabRef/jabref · GitHub](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3197)  
At the time, it was not possible. I do not know if the situation has changed.

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**Author:** ![matteo339](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/matteo339/32/1596_2.png) [@matteo339](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/matteo339)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/3 "2023-05-10T13:34:05Z")

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I just opened an issue ([#1022](https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/issues/1022)) on TeXworks repository. Let’s hope well 😉

Matteo

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**Author:** ![matteo339](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/matteo339/32/1596_2.png) [@matteo339](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/matteo339)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/4 "2024-01-18T14:24:39Z")

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Stefan Löffler (TeXworks) committed [this](https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/commit/c8689376aa2362e17322947173a467e02a216a62). Can it help with this issue?

Matteo

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/5 "2024-01-18T16:04:20Z")

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@matteo339 Yes this sounds great!

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/6 "2024-01-21T12:02:06Z")

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Feel free to open a pull-request. Here are the dev-docs about how to set up a local workspace: [Set up a local workspace | Developer Documentation](https://devdocs.jabref.org/getting-into-the-code/guidelines-for-setting-up-a-local-workspace/). If you need any help don’t hesitate to ask in our gitter chat.

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**Author:** ![matteo339](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/matteo339/32/1596_2.png) [@matteo339](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/matteo339)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/7 "2024-01-31T07:57:04Z")

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Thank you for the information, but I’m not an IT and I wouldn’t know where to start… I hope someone more experienced wants to implement it.

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/8 "2024-01-31T12:18:15Z")

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If there is some kind of nightly version available from Texworks, you could change the existing TexStudio configuration and point it to the TexWorks executable as this commit indicates

> <https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/commit/a66d3c0985c1472a39e8841ef6a0046fbcb2c7b6>
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> \--insert-cite is used by TeXstudio. Adding it as alias here allows
> pushing from,… e.g., JabRef by using the TeXstudio config and simply
> pointing it to the TeXworks executable.
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> Note that, semantically, --insert-text should be preferred when
> supported.

Otherwise here is the issue:

> <https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3197>
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> JabRef 4.0-beta3
> Linux 4.11.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 amd64 on Debian 9 Stretch AMD64
> Ja…va 1.8.0\_141
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> Steps to reproduce:
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> 1. Launch TeXworks and JabRef
> 2. Select a bibliographic item
> 3. Click on "Send to LaTeX editor"
> 4. Nothing appens
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> In settings LaTeX editor is set to default \`/usr/bin/texworks\`.
> 
> Thank you very much in advance.

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**Author:** ![matteo339](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/matteo339/32/1596_2.png) [@matteo339](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/matteo339)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/push-applications/3808/9 "2024-02-15T15:34:01Z")

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> [@Siedlerchr](#):
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> If there is some kind of nightly version available from Texworks, you could change the existing TexStudio configuration and point it to the TexWorks executable as this commit indicates

TeXworks maintains a “nightly version”, but… still better… since a few days TeXworks v0.6.9 is available with support for “–insert-text” and “–insert-cite” command line options.