Re: Basic citations: should default citation style have a name and style code?

[William Denton]

On Sunday, January 14th, 2024 at 00:08, William Denton 
<william@williamdenton.org> wrote:

> While we're talking about citations, I'm stuck on something else. If I run 
> "C-c C-x @" to insert a citation into a file, I'm shown a list of 
> bibliography entries and I can go up and down and hit RET on any I chose. 
> That works well. But---the prompt says, "Key (empty input exits)." What makes 
> empty input? I can't figure it out. I've never seen that phrase before. I 
> can't make it exit properly---I either keep adding citations or C-g or DEL 
> cancels it---so I can't make the function work. If anyone knows, I can try 
> making a patch to make it clearer.

As so often happens, a few minutes after sending an email I think I found the 
answer: it's seems to be a problem with the completion mechanism Ivy.

https://stackoverflow.com/q/77489325/854346

I ran "emacs -Q" and I see how it works there, with RET closing things off, 
which makes sense.  

Last year I looked at Vertico and thought about trying it out, but since 
everything was working fine, I didn't.  Now I've found a reason, I guess.  Ah, 
Emacs!

Bill

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