Re: Emacs as a word processor

[yarnton]

>>> One area that could benefit from some improvements is reference
>>> management. Org offers footnotes, which are not quite the same as
>>> proper first-class references or citations.
>>>
>>
>> Indeed, this is one of the worst parts of Org-mode now.  But I have a
>> hard time even conceptually dreaming up what an ideal UI would look
>> like here.
>>
>
> What about the UI developed by Prof. Kitchin [1]?
>
> [1] https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref
>

It's a great starting point, but I think references should be an integral part 
of Org. Otherwise, there is a lot of fragmentation: Using footnotes as 
references, org-ref references, other systems...