… Citar by DʼArcus and contributors (n.d.)

The part of Org that manages citations. Comes with Emacs.

Table 1: Org Cite extended with Citar and CSL.

Package	Symbol	Type	Job
Org Cite	oc	built-in	citations in Org mode
Org Cite CSL	oc-csl	built-in	CSL support for Org Cite
CSL processor	citeproc	external	CSL parser Org Cite CSL
Citar	citar	external	extra user interface

N.B. CSL stands for the Citation Style Language (D’Arcus et al. n.d.).

The insert processor manages adding and editing citations.

Every citation a reference and some citations have type, such as text, and suffix, such as 42 for page 42. The syntax:

[cite/type:@reference suffix].

Global shortcuts:

Key	Description	Notes
C-c b	Open bibliography	custom

Org mode shortcuts:

Key	Context	Action
C-c C-x @	in text	insert citation, C-u for type
C-c C-x @	on citation type	change citation type
C-c C-x @	on citation reference	change citation reference
C-c C-x @	next to citation reference	add extra reference

The activate processor The part of Org Cite that makes citations “active” by fontifying them, adding a keymap, and the like. On a citation, type

Key	Action
C-c C-x DEL	delete citation
C-c C-x k	kill citation

Org Cite follow processor manages “opening” citations on RET.

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