Re: [O] current status of citation syntax discussion

[Matt Price]

On Jun 16, 2015 3:51 PM, "Rasmus" <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Matt Price <address@hidden> writes:
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> > Am just wondering what the current status is of the work that was being
> > done earlier this year on improved citation support in org.  Has an
> > official syntax been settled on?
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> AFAIK: No.  Some people wanted something like [cite/type: pre @key post].
> Some people wanted additional key-value support, something like
> [cite: pre @key post]{:key val}.  Some people wanted @key
> to be able to contain arbitrary characters such as punctuation.

Is the discussion stalled out then?  What would have to happen to move it along?
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> > Are there blessed citation managers and export solutions?
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> ox-bibtex supports \cite{key} and I think [[cite:key]].
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> > I would like to figure out a personal system over the summer, and would
> > prefer to adhere to whatever stand(s) others have settled on.
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> There's about as many systems as there are org users.  I use
> [[citetype: pre @key post]].

(hmm,  are spaces allowed in pre and post? If so how is the _expression_ parsed? )
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If it's not too much trouble,  could you provide some examples of code you use to

- generate cite links
- export those links to (preferably non-latex)  formats
?

Thanks as always,
Matt
> Rasmus
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