Re: Notes about citations in Org (part 3)

[Bruce D'Arcus]

On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 12:59 PM Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:

> "Bruce D'Arcus" <bdarcus@gmail.com> writes:
...
> > I guess the question at this stage is how to iterate this.
> >
> > I already added a change or two based on feedback from Joost, and it
> > does make sense to add a new column for latex.
> >
> > It seems easier to me to do it on the wiki, rather than post a new
> > version to the list every time, in part because it allows others to
> > edit it.
> >
> > Any thoughts Nicolas?
>
> Is the default \cite{key} command (without any other package) used? I'm
> not sure we should provide it since we are working towards more complete
> solutions.

Not ATM.

The table only has suggested mappings for natbib, biblatex, and
citeproc-el/org, though Eric was wondering about adding also one for
standard latex.

> I'd like to give a shot at "oc-natbib.el" in a few hours. It may give an
> incentive to start out "oc-biblatex.el" (which is a bit harder).
>
> AFAIU, the idea is to use styles from you wiki. However, sub-styles are
> not mentioned.

I just have the note they are a good idea, but wasn't sure on details.

> They could be "full" for the starred variants, "caps" for
> the capitalized ones, and "alt" for those without parenthesis, so one
> could write:
>
>   [cite/text/alt/full/caps:...]  (in any order)
>
> and obtain
>
>   \Citealt*{...}

I'll add them to the wiki page.

It did occur to me that ideally users could customize what the default
command is. My choices for natbib and biblatex defaults are I think
defensible, but some may disagree.

Bruce