cite is a fzf-based
citekey-fuzzyfinder for use in a pandoc-markdown / plain-biblatex
workflow. The command will search the current working directory and all
parent directories for filenames ending in .bib. From all those files
(expected to be biblatex files) a list of citekeys will be extracted and
passed to fzf on stdin for interactive selection. Selecting multiple keys
is possible by marking them by pressing Tab before hitting Enter. All
arguments to cite are interpreted as a single initial query. If only
one citekey matches this query, interactive selection will be skipped
and the matching citekey will be output directly.
Simply save cite in some directory included in your PATH, mark it
as executable and make sure all dependencies are satisfied.
cite is used most efficiently when combined with a text editor. I
personally use it with vis, using a
custom plugin to
insert the output of arbitrary shell commands, but use with different
(command-line-oriented) text editors should be possible as well.
- Whitespace in filenames is not supported.