From: Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com>
To: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>, Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Citation syntax: Underscore MUST(?) be allowed in cite keys?
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:35:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN_Dec9NY-siaCcX9iv=EOrSOaPRU6xuaVH-NZXw8vpHBfPbUA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ioe9p34h.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 Mar 2015 at 09:50, Rasmus wrote:
> > Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> >> Since this one is not much more intrusive than the previous one, we
> >> could as well drop @key in favor of @{key}.
> >
> > It seems like a moderately dear price to pay for everyone with "normal"
> > citation keys... It's better than @key-with-',?.'{}.
>
> I agree. I would rather type @key >90% of the time instead of
> @{key}. For me, the alternative is more than a moderately high price to
> pay!
>
> If we don't want a proliferation of alternative syntax, maybe we need to
> impose the restriction already suggested of not allowing punctuation at
> the end of a key. Solve the problem upstream... and not have the tail
> wag the dog!
>
> But, of course, don't let this tail (me) wag the dog (the rest of you)
> should the consensus be that the design is cleaner with @{key}. I'll
> manage! :)
>
> Thanks,
> eric
>
I also think a simpler key syntax will make htis much nmore usable.
Citations are in general somewhat distracting from the writing process;
every additional keystroke is gong to add to that distraction. This is
true even if hand-added citations are likely to be the exception rather
than the norm.
>
> --
> : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.50.1, Org
> release_8.3beta-843-ga5f1a3.dirty
>
>
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2015-03-04 18:21 Citation syntax: Underscore MUST(?) be allowed in cite keys? Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-04 18:30 ` Rasmus
2015-03-04 18:42 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-04 19:01 ` Rasmus
2015-03-04 19:18 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-04 21:38 ` Christian Moe
2015-03-05 5:00 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-06 10:49 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-03-06 11:55 ` Rasmus
2015-03-06 17:34 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-03-06 17:55 ` Rasmus
2015-03-06 21:01 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-03-06 12:41 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-06 18:09 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-07 6:28 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-07 17:09 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-07 18:20 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-08 8:19 ` Stefan Nobis
2015-03-07 17:50 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-03-08 0:18 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-03-08 2:12 ` Rasmus
2015-03-08 4:19 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-03-08 12:34 ` Rasmus
2015-03-08 17:07 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-03-08 17:49 ` Rasmus
2015-03-09 1:56 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-09 2:29 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-03-09 8:57 ` Stefan Nobis
2015-03-09 9:19 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-09 9:49 ` Stefan Nobis
2015-03-09 10:46 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-09 11:02 ` Rasmus
2015-03-09 11:27 ` Stefan Nobis
2015-03-09 16:05 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-09 16:37 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-03-09 16:49 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-03-09 17:49 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-03-09 18:00 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-03-09 18:44 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-03-09 19:26 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-03-09 18:50 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-09 21:07 ` Rasmus
2015-03-09 22:33 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-10 0:37 ` Rasmus
2015-03-10 15:35 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-10 0:36 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-03-10 7:06 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-03-10 8:15 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-03-10 8:50 ` Rasmus
2015-03-10 10:18 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-03-10 14:35 ` Matt Price [this message]
2015-03-10 15:32 ` Richard Lawrence
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2015-03-04 18:21 Vaidheeswaran C
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