Re: [bug] Macro in citation not expanded

["M. ‘quintus’ Gülker" <post+orgmodeml@guelker.eu>]

Am Sonntag, dem 16. Oktober 2022 schrieb Ihor Radchenko:
> Only bold, code, entity, italic, latex-fragment, strike-through,
> subscript, superscript, underline, and verbatim objects are allowed
> inside citations.
> This is hard-coded inside `org-element-object-restrictions'.

This is a bit unfortunate, because I like to use macros for inserting
semantic formatting which is not part of org’s syntax. In the example
given in my OP, I use it to mark up names with small caps. The exact
example given includes a short note by me talking about the cited author
a little further. Another example where I need this is when I cite some
statement made in an interview, which may come out as something like:

    [cite:{{{name(Interviewee)}}} in @interviewer p. 5]

Indirect statements by persons mentioned in news articles are another
example where I would use such a construct.

I define the `name' macro in such a way that it will format
`Interviewee` in the same way as the citation style formats the author
name for @interviewer, ensuring uniformness in the created footnote.

I also use the very same `name' macro inside the actual article text, so
that uniform formatting is guaranteed there as well.

> It sounds reasonable to allow macros inside citation references.
> Maybe we also want to allow other things. Maybe simply allow all objects
> but other citations, line-breaks, and table-cells?

I have no strong opinion on this. I certainly do not need tables inside
citations. If it is easy to just permit everything except what you
named, I would say just allow it. Maybe someone has use for it. Maybe
footnotes inside [cite:] construct should also not be allowed, at least
for footnote-based styles.

  -quintus

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