> How does \cites have anything to do with interactive selection of > multiple citations at once?
An analogy, especially when exporting. Single selection of a citation -> \cite, multiple selections -> \cites. > That's what I am leaning to - modifying oc-basic.el rather than oc.el > itself. Thank you, I think the CRM approach is even simpler than the current prompt-building one. But do we keep the latter? Daanturo On Mar 15 2025, at 4:02 pm, Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> wrote: > Daan Ro <daant...@gmail.com> writes: > > >> > In Latex, \cite is also more commonly used and more asked/documented > >> > compared to \cites. I think org-cite's decision to make inserting > >> > citation(s) multiple by default an odd choice. > > > >> May you elaborate? Are you talking about auctex? > > \cites is just rarely used IIRC. A DDG search for "latex \cites" return > > only a single results on tex.stackexchange.com asking about the > > differences of \cite and \cites, all the other ones only mention \cite. > > On https://www.overleaf.com/learn \cites isn't documented at all while > > \cite is abundantly mentioned. > > Sorry, but I am lost. > How does \cites have anything to do with interactive selection of > multiple citations at once? > > > Yes looks like only `org-cite-basic--complete-key' supports inserting > > citations among org-cite's built-in processors, but it is also about > > `org-cite-make-insert-processor' producing a lambda that always asks for > > multiple citations from the 'select-key' function in its last case. > > It feels wrong to try solving UI problems on oc.el level. oc.el has no > relation to UI specifics. > > I think we may have some misunderstanding about how > `completing-read-multiple' works. You do not have to select multiple > keys there. `completing-read-multiple' allows entering a single citation > key. By default `completing-read-multiple' simply allows you entering > key1, key2, key3<RET> for multiple keys or just key1<RET> for one. > In such scenario, the problem you described is not a problem - you may > always enter a single key1 if you wish to. > > > Converting `org-cite-basic--complete-key' to `completing-read-multiple', > > preferrably by default looks like a sweet solution? But I'm not sure > > since that may breaks some people's workflows. > > That's what I am leaning to - modifying oc-basic.el rather than oc.el > itself. > > -- > Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, > Org mode maintainer, > Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. > Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, > or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92> >
0001-org-cite-basic-complete-key-use-completing-read-multiple.patch
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