Joshua <joshu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Thanks for such a helpful, prompt reply. I've loved pandoc for a long time,
> but I had no idea the support was this good. You have a superb project here.
>
> After consulting the style guides, it looks like pandoc is keeping with the
> times and I am not. I'm still a bit confused about your response to the
> second issue, though. Suppose I type:
> Blah.^[@AugustineCityGod2008, 72.] Blah.^[Compare to the competing claim in
> @AugustineCityGod2008, 46.]
>
> This then renders:
> [1] Augustine, *City of God*, 72.
> [2] Compare to the rather different claim in Augustine, ibid, 46.
>
> Whereas the behavior I intend:
> [1] Augustine, *City of God*, 72.
> [2] Compare to the rather different claim in ibid, 46.
>
> This is the behavior I achieved before upgrading pandoc, but I do not
> understand the directives I need to give in order to achieve it now. Or
> maybe I simply cannot.

It's usually better just to use inline references; in a note
style they will be automatically converted to notes.

So do this:

Blah [@AugustineCityGod2008, 72]. Blah [Compare to the competing claim in
@AugustineCityGod2008, 46].

This uses regular citations, not author-in-text citations.
Not only will it give you the ibid you want, it will also allow
you to switch easily to an author-date citation style if you
wish.

Pandoc will automatically create the notes and rearrange spacing
and punctuation.