Org Cite Basic Example

Description/Summary

Basic example of using [cite:@xyz] citation.

Content

Org 9.5 is needed for this as that version introduced the new oc.el Org Cite library .

Specify Bibligraphy files #

Org Cite (oc.el) requires the bibliography files to be specified using one or more #+bibliography: <file.bib> keywords or using the org-cite-global-bibliography variable.

Example: #+bibliography: orgcite.bib

:EXPORT_BIBLIOGRAPHY: in subtree property drawers will not work with Org Cite!

Citation Syntax #

Below Org snippet:

[cite:@OrgCitations]

exports to:

(org, mode and Syntax, Citation and List, Mailing and Effort, Time, 2021)

See the TMIO July 2021 blog post for more information on the cite: syntax.

Printing Bibliography #

Below Org snippet:

#+print_bibliography:

exports to:

References #

org, mode and Syntax, Citation and List, Mailing and Effort, Time (2021). Elegant Citations with Org-Mode, Journal of Plain Text Formats.

Page (Debug)

Page Variable

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ResourceType

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Kind

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Section

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Draft

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Type

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Layout

Permalink

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RelPermalink

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Data

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Org Babel Results

Org TODO keywords with double-underscores

NextInSection

Org Babel Results

PrevInSection

Org TODO keywords with double-underscores

Page Params (Debug)

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File Object (Debug)

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