On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 06:51 +0200, Philipp Gesang wrote: > > (1) I'd like it such that each time I use \cite, the full citation and > > not just "(Some One, 1967)" appears in a footnote, rather than inline. > > You need to clarify two things here: > > 1 You want to map the “\cite” macro to something like > “\footcite”?
Either by mapping \cite, or by using some other macro, yes.
> Have you tried something along the lines of this
>
> \let \goodoldcite \cite
> \unexpanded\def\cite#1{\footnote{\goodoldcite{#1}}}
Yes, it doesn't work though. All I see are footnotes that contain
"(Xxxxxxxxxx, 0000)". But maybe I am not using it properly. I just use
\cite[reference] and that is what I see.
> 2 You want “\cite” to retrieve full citations? Assuming this
> requires that they contain the complete names of authors,
> editors and stuff, you might be out of luck. Last time I
> checked this was impossible to realize within the constraints
> of the bib module:
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100212.073108.f4699471.en.html
Ouch. So basically no footnote citations like in most of the books I
read. You'd think there would just be a \cite[everything] option?
> Hth. Anyways, you’re right, the native Context bib support is not
> really fulfilling.
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