I think you are restricted to single characters. That key is used by
reftex, so it would be a limitation in reftex. You can always define your
own function with a key-binding for something specific.

John

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On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Andreas Reuleaux <andreas@a-rx.info>wrote:

> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
> > with the most recent org-ref, it should be sufficient to put this in your
> > init file:
> >
> > (org-ref-define-citation-link "textcite" ?I)
> > (org-ref-define-citation-link "citeauthorfull" ?F)
> >
> > this will create a textcite link and create a reftex menu you select with
> > the key I, and the other link with the key F. these should automatically
> be
> > links, and have completion functions. These will get exported as
> > \textcite{label} and \citeauthorfull{label}. The
> > org-ref-define-citation-link function adds the link, creates the
> functions
> > necessary, and adds the types to the right places.
> >
> > You do not need to do the manual additions unless you manually define the
> > link like you did with org-add-link-type.
> >
>
>
> OK, I see, and works fine, thanks.
>
> One minor thing: Am I restricted to single-letter keystrokes
> above ? like:
>
>   I    ---- (...?I)
>   F    ---- (... ?F)
>   C-t  ---- (... ?\C-t)
>
> I tried to get working something like
>
>  C-r C-t
>
> with something like this
>
>   (... ?(kbd "C-r C-t"))
>
> with no success, but I am unsure, if there is just something simple
> missing like a quote or a backslash, or if it's just not possible
> at this point.
>
> -Andreas
>
>
>