Re: question on suppress-author citation variant

["Bruce D'Arcus" <bdarcus-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 3:28 PM Bastien DUMONT
<bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > I guess you use note-based styles?
>
> Yes!
>
> > Why do you have those as part of the same citation, as opposed to
> > putting that content in a note, with two distinct citations?
>
> The problem is that Pandoc would assign the "author in text" output
> method to both citations, which can result in unwanted behaviour in
> some cases. Maybe this doesn't apply to Org-mode.

The org support is designed with configurable processor support, so in
theory, once it's merged, it should be possible to hook up John's
citeproc library with a little elisp glue.

> > Does it make sense to treat "suppress author" differently than other
> > citation variant; like, say, author-in-text (in natbib, \citet)?
>
> I just saw today something like "following Andrews' demonstration
> (2008),...", so yes, it can be viewed as an additional property.

I don't follow. Why isn't that just a simple suppress-author citation?

> > Are these really the properties that should attach to the citation
> > items, rather than the citation overall?
>
> From a purely technical point of view, it depends on whether two
> distinct citations can be placed inside a footnote. From a conceptual
> point of view, I would say that author suppression is "micro-context-
> dependant", so yes, but it is more debatable.

Bruce