Citar-Denote is a minor-mode integrating the Emacs Citar and Denote packages to enable create managing bibliographic notes and citations.

This package is part of the Emacs Writing Studio, a configuration, website and (e)book about researching, writing and publishing articles, books, dissertations and anything else an author needs.

For more information read the Citar-Denote Manual in this repository with C-h R (info-display-manual) and select citar-denote.

The init.el file in the test folder provides a minimum configuration for testing the package.

• Replaced obsolete Denote function in citar-denote-find-citation

• Updated manual in relation to Denote 4.0
• Silo function now refer to the Denote-Silo package
• Ability to integrate with Denote-Sequence
• Bug fixes

• Fixed bug in citar-denote-subdir concatenation

• New functionality to expand citation macros in templates.
• Fixed bugs in adding and removing references.

• New command to add bibliographic note in a silo: citar-denote-create-silo-note.
• Renamed citar-denote-add-citekey to citar-denote-add-reference and implemented ability to select only from entries not yet used in any Denote file.
• Renamed citar-denote-remove-citekey to citar-denote-remove-reference.
• Added citar-denote-check-keywords command to check.
• New command citar-denote-nobib lists citation keys referenced or cited in Denote, but not present in the in bibliography in the messages buffer.
• Improvements to detection of bibliographic items not used in Denote (nocite)
• Improvements to adding and removing bibliographic keyword
• Updated mechanism to add references

• Fixed citar-denote-add-citekey (compatibility with Denote 3.0)
• Grammar check of the manual

• Integration with citar-embark.
  • Added citar-denote-cite-includes-reference variable to include references when searching for citations.
• Updated manual and function docstrings.
• Bug fixes (compilation errors)

• citar-denote-template has additional options:
  • nil: No template
  • t: Ask or a template
  • string: Name of the default template for literature notes
• Updated manual

• citar-denote-subdir has additional options:
  • nil: No subdirectory
  • t: Ask for subdirectory
  • string : When using any string, save in a subdirectory with that name under denote-directory
• Modified behaviour of citar-denote-signature. Users can choose between manually adding a signature or using citation key without prompting.

• Removed lighter string to not clobber the mode line
• Bug fixed when using non-standard citar-denote-keyword

• Updated the manual
• Minor code updates

• Included Texinfo manual.
• Bug fixes in regex to find citations.
• New function: citar-denote-no-bibliography lists all citations that do not appear in the global bibliography in the *Messages* buffer.
• Updated function documentation.

• Improved function docstrings
• Updated example config

• Updated minor mode definition
• Updated readme.org and minimum-config.el to define order or installation

• Commenced Change Log.
• Updated all functions for full compatibility with Denote 2.2
• Added minimum-config.el to provide minimal configuration example.
• Added citar-denote-signature variable to add signatures for new bibliographic notes. When entering an empty string as signature, the citation key is used as signature.
• The citar-denote-template variable defines whether a not template is used.
• Added citar-denote-nocite function to open Citar completion menu with all bibliographic entries neither cited nor referenced in any Denote file. This negates the need for citar-denote-reference-nocite because notes can be created from within the Citar menu.
• Existing reference removed from Citar completion menu when adding a new reference to a note.
• Fixed a bug in citar-denote-add-citekey and citar-denote-remove-citekey when using multiple file types.
• Removed false positives from citar-denote--extract-citations.
• Behaviour of citar-denote-use-bib-keywords changed. When not-nil, don’t prompt for keywords and only use those in the bibliography.
• The citar-denote-keyword (“bib”) is removed from the keyword completion menu to avoid confusion.
• Resolved bug for when citar-denote-keyword is nil.
• citar-denote-link-reference check that file is a Denote file and fixed linking bug.
• Added citar-denote--select-file-using-title to select a Denote filename using their title in the completion menu.
• When only one candidate available in citar-denote-find-citation, skip the section menu.

• Fixing bugs and improve package documentation.
• Marked private functions with double dash
• Updated citar-denote-citekey-regex to detect citations with multiple entries
• Updated Citar-Denote manual in Emacs Writing Studio.

• Code refactoring and pretty-printing
• Updated function documentation
• Bug fix to citar-denote-remove-citekey
• Package documentation update
• Code refactoring
• Added citar-denote-link-reference to insert a Denote link to an existing bibliographic note.
• Added citar-denote-find-citation to find a citation in your Denote files.