import vim, socket, sys, string, re, os

cw = vim.current.window
row,col =  cw.cursor
currl = vim.current.line

#if currl[col-1] == '{' and currl[col-5:col-1] == 'cite':
if 1:

    # connect to the socket, send a /currcite/ message and
    # get back the citations and insert them
    sockpath = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'],'.pybibsocket')
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.connect(sockpath)
    sent = sock.send('/currcite/')
    msglen = int(sock.recv(5))
    msg = sock.recv(msglen)
    sock.close()

    # so we have the msg. Lets make it pretty

    if string.find(msg,'/') == -1:
        # single citation
        pass
    else:
        msg = re.sub('/',',',msg)

    msg = ' \cite{'+msg+'} '
    currl = currl[:col] + msg+currl[col+len(msg):len(currl)-1]
    vim.current.line = currl

    x = """
    sdfsdsfsf
    sfsfsdfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfs   \cite{jchemom:2002:16:490,jchemom:2001:15:353,jcamd:1996:10:521} 
    """