Command/cite

\cite

Summary

The command \cite is used for referencing to publications.

Settings

\cite[...=...,...][...]
reference	reference
alternative	default category entry short page num textnum year index tag keywords author authoryears authornum authoryear
before	command
after	command
left	command
right	command
...=...,...	inherits from \setupbtx
[...]	reference

Option	Explanation
This is for optional settings.
reference	You can use this instead of the second argument.
alternative	default this is the standard behaviour.

Settings alternative

\cite[...][...]
[...]	default category entry short page num textnum year index tag keywords author authoryears authornum authoryear
[...]	reference

Settings direct

\cite{...}
{...}	reference

Settings userdata

\cite[...=...,...][...=...,...]
reference	reference
alternative	default category entry short page num textnum year index tag keywords author authoryears authornum authoryear
before	command
after	command
left	command
right	command
...=...,...	inherits from \setupbtx
key	value

Description

Bug report: it seems that the second argument to #Settings is optional (See: Bug List)

See also

• \definebtx
• \setupbtx
• publ-ini.mkiv
• References notes and floats/Bibliography and citations

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