From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Subject: Re: Citation syntax: a revised proposal Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:57:23 +0100 Message-ID: <87386775gc.fsf@gmx.us> References: <87k2zjnc0e.fsf@berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44721) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMxpR-0006jb-Fb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 06:57:42 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMxpM-0007pc-RB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 06:57:37 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:41422) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YMxpM-0007pP-KJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 06:57:32 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YMxpJ-0002aB-K3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:57:29 +0100 Received: from 46.166.186.232 ([46.166.186.232]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:57:29 +0100 Received: from rasmus by 46.166.186.232 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:57:29 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 0 Parts I like: 1) a parenthetical citation for a single work with no prefix and suffix may be written by just surrounding the key with brackets, like: [@Doe99]. 2) an in-text citation for a single work with no prefix and suffix may be written as a /bare/ key, without brackets, like: @Doe99. I recently cracked up something similar for a paper we are working on, and I think it's nice. I have yet to get the verdict from my coauthor, though. Parts that I don't care for: [cite: whatever (@Doe99) whatever] Not intuitive to me, but I could get used to it. Parts I hate: The flag is either `@' or `&'. `@' [...] The optional hyphen (`-') Too many weird symbols that I won't be able to remember, much less explain to somebody else. `%%( ... )'. Just too odd. Extensibilty should not be delegated to some weird construct outside of the element in question. —Rasmus -- A page of history is worth a volume of logic