On Sunday, January 14th, 2024 at 00:08, William Denton <will...@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 -- William Denton https://www.miskatonic.org/ Librarian, artist and licensed private investigator. Toronto, Canada