Thanks, but see my response to Paul's suggestion.
Hal
On Sep 4, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Hal Kierstead <kierstead <at> asu.edu> writes:
>
>
>> Most of the time I already know what I want. It would be really nice if I
> could just type the tex command
>> \cite{E} or \ref{d} or \eqref{w}, or something similar.
>>
>> Is there is already a way to do something similar? Embedding tex does not
> seem a good alternative.
>
> If you open the minibuffer (alt-X or View > Toolbars > Command Buffer), you
> can
> type 'citation-insert KEY' (no quotes), where KEY is the key you would use in
> \cite. The minibuffer remembers commands, so after the first time you can use
> the scroll arrows to retrieve 'citation-insert KEY' and change the KEY (if you
> prefer that retyping 'citation-insert'). Unfortunately, while you can bind a
> key combination to citation-insert, the shortcut will not work in the
> minibuffer
> (and if used in the text area will pop up the dialog you dislike).
>
> /Paul
>
>
