Enable option to generate MMD citations

[karkraeg]

Feature Requested

Would it be possible to add an option to generate citations like [#Helms2008] instead [@Helms2008] and [25][#Helms2008] instead [@Helms2008, p. 25] - see https://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-6/syntax/citation.html ?

Thanks!

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Checklist

• [X] The feature would be useful to more users than just me.

[karkraeg]

If you could point me to where I could adjust this for me that would be great ✌️

[chrisgrieser]

Hi, the part responsible for the citation format is unfortunately implemented mostly in Alfred itself instead of a proper code file (cause it requires looping through Alfred modals itself for multiple citations).

This isn't impossible to change, but at least a bit inflexible and therefore more time-intensive to change. (Which is also why I haven't implemented #1 yet.) It's the teal-blue part if you want to give it a try yourself.

[karkraeg]

I think it’s the way the bibtex data is written into the buffer.json? If I manually change to "arg": "#AhlersJacke2016", it gets pasted the way I want

[karkraeg]

Yeah, you need to change https://github.com/chrisgrieser/alfred-bibtex-citation-picker/blob/96570c651b04b8cc9e5d83ca25ff28a3078df848/scripts/buffer_writer.js#L177 to "arg": "#" + citekey, then delete the buffer.json in /Users/YOURUSER/Library/Application Support/Alfred/Workflow Data/de.chris-grieser.alfred-bibtex-citation-picker/buffer.json and then customize this setting:

[chrisgrieser]

yep, that's pretty much it. If I find the time, I'll implement a setting for this (and Latex in #1), but for now, I have a bunch of deadlines....

[chrisgrieser]

ok, I've implemented customization options in release 9.0.0.

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I am not really familiar with the MMD citation syntax, but would these variables suffice to make MMD citations work?

[karkraeg]

cool! normal citations work, but citations with page now look like [#Helms2008, p. 625] where it should be [625][#Helms2008]

[chrisgrieser]

boy, having page numbers before the citekey is really weird. Lemme look how to switch the order, as well.

[chrisgrieser]

okay, these two settings have been added to version 9.1.0. Have a look whether they are sufficient for MMD citations?

[karkraeg]

Using this options it woks, thanks!

[chrisgrieser]

are you sure? Like, in the post before, you mentioned that in MMD, the page number comes before the citekey, and in the screenshot you are sharing, you left _format_page_before_citekey as false 😝

[karkraeg]

yeah, that seems to be a bug 🙈 or rather I did try it this way and then it worked:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8436596/169474442-73e8a1cb-ad61-48b4-94f6-9bec177044a2.mov

[chrisgrieser]

oops, yes, I mixed up true and false on my side 🙈

[chrisgrieser]

should be fixed.

[chrisgrieser]

thanks for your input. One can now conveniently change the citation format via scp 🙂

[karkraeg]

Thats nice!