Re: [O] org-cite and org-citeproc

[Andreas Leha]

Hi,

Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tuesday, 31 Mar 2015 at 12:13, Richard Lawrence wrote:
>> Hi Eric and all,
>>
>> Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>> However, for some reason, libreoffice doesn't display the citations in
>>> the ODT document you have included.  I have had a look at the actual ODT
>>> file and it looks fine.  Can you suggest what may be wrong?  
>>
>> Hmm, you're right.  I don't have LibreOffice on the machine where I am
>> working on org-citeproc, but I tested it on another machine (OS X,
>> LibreOffice version 4.2.8.2 I think), and the citation text is indeed
>> missing.
>
> Thanks for confirming this.  At least it's not me!  I hope somebody
> can figure out what is going on here.
>
> [...]
>
>>> A second question: what will be required to use the new cite syntax with
>>> LaTeX/PDF which will remain my main target for export?
>>
>> I think this needs more discussion, actually.
>>
>> The citation syntax can basically be mapped directly to BibLaTeX syntax,
>> so generating LaTeX that will be processed with BibLaTeX is a simple and
>> straightforward modification to Org's LaTeX exporter, and compiling the
>
> Although I normally use bibtex, I am happy moving to biblatex if it
> means unifying org's citation approaches.  I don't need the extra
> features (e.g. multicite) in practice but I'm also not attached to
> bibtex.

I am a happy biblatex user for all my 'own' documents.  But (as was
mentioned previously) scientific journals that accept latex submissions
will require bibtex and won't support biblatex.  So, I'd say that one of
the other methods (preferably bibtex) is still necessary.

Regards,
Andreas