that should work out of the box, and that link is defined in org-ref as

(org-add-link-type
 "cite"
 'org-ref-cite-onclick-minibuffer-menu
 'org-ref-cite-link-format)

I am not sure why it would not work out of the box.



John

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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Andreas Reuleaux <andreas@a-rx.info> wrote:

> Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > Is there some org variable I have not set that tells org to treat cite:
> > plain text as a link on export?  Obviously org already recognises it as
> > a link but the export doesn't...  org-link-protocols and org-link-types
> > look fine.
> >
>
> Being just a org-ref beginner, I don't know if there is a more
> straightforward solution but, I have configured:
>
>
>   (org-add-link-type
>    "cite"
>    'org-ref-cite-onclick-minibuffer-menu
>    ;; formatting
>    (lambda (keyword desc format)
>      (cond
>       ((eq format 'html) (format "(<cite>%s</cite>)" path))
>       ((eq format 'latex)
>        (concat "\\cite{"
>                (mapconcat (lambda (key) key)
> (org-ref-split-and-strip-string keyword) ",")
>                "}")))))
>
>
> and similarily for autocite and textcite (the citation types that I am
> using), that works for me. Adapted (copied) from the org-add-link-type
> for autocite given in the org-ref.org description.  Not sure if this
> should just work out of the box (without configuration), but then, it's
> not that much code.
>
> -Andreas
>
>
>
>