Re: Notes about citations in Org (part 3)

[Nicolas Goaziou]

"Bruce D'Arcus" <bdarcus@gmail.com> writes:

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

>> 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 meant: is it useful to even mention it? Is it used at all when other
more complete solutions exist?

>> 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.

OK. Let's go for the verbose path.

>> 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.

Customizing default command is the point of the third parameter in
"cite_export" keyword.

When using:

   #+cite_export: natbib harvard text

[cite:...] is equivalent to [cite/text: ...]

So the processor must choose a default value, but the user may choose
another one.

Regards,