Command/cite

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Last modified: 2025-01-08

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)

Examples

Notes

See also

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