Re: citations: org-cite vs org-ref 3.0

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 21/03/2022 18:51, John Kitchin wrote:
> Vikas Rawal writes:
>>
>>  From the perspective of a user, this was only meant to express a
>> sentiment that one finds oneself in a situation of having to choose
>> between two good things, and that we have not been able to find a way
>> to make both compatible with each other. It was in not meant as a
>> disrespect in any way.
> 
> I don't think you have to choose. You can use org-cite for
> citations, and org-ref for cross-references. The citation syntax is
> orthogonal, you just should not mix them. You can even wire org-ref to
> use org-cite-insert like this:
> 
> (setq org-ref-insert-cite-function (lambda () (org-cite-insert nil)))

I am glad to read this. John, could you, please, update the README file 
for https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref to clarify that both packages 
may be used within the same document while org-ref is used solely for 
cross-references (I may create a github issue if your prefer)? From my 
point of view the following phrase may be considered as prohibitive in 
respect to combining the packages for any purpose:

> You can use both org-cite and org-ref (although you should not do 
> that in the same document as they are independent citation tools).
I feel some ambiguity in the starting message in this thread:

Vikas Rawal, Sun, 20 Mar 2022 17:38:30 +0530. 
https://list.orgmode.org/CALtzAB2BHULDOXaamUZFQh2H453Ekb6K7bkOHbU-dHPn98avwg@mail.gmail.com

> This obviously creates many problems including that two people using
> different citation systems cannot share org files.
Accordingly to the org-ref README installed org-ref package does not 
break org-cite, so people are free to share documents. They just should 
have both packages configured and should adhere to a chosen package in 
each document (for *citations*).