nvim-orgmode / nvim-orgmode/orgmode
Add support for citations
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Description
Does this feature exist in Emacs orgmode core?
Yes
Orgmode link
https://orgmode.org/manual/Citation-handling.html
https://orgmode.org/manual/Citations.html
Feature value
Introduced in orgmode 9.5 (so fairly recent), this is most commonly used in academia with a bibliography file.
Additional context
There's a companion function, `org-cite-insert, where one can then insert and edit citations.
We discussed this in the org-roam plugin discussion. This isn't a requirement for the initial version of org-roam.nvim, but I wanted to document it here as a request because it is part of core orgmode.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read the linked Org mode manuals on Citation handling and Citations first, then inspect how existing orgmode.nvim features are structured. Pay particular attention to the companion org-cite-insert function described in the issue. Done means citation handling is supported in the Neovim Org mode implementation, including the requested insertion workflow.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- content
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100