… Citar by [1]

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 [2].

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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