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 subdirectories (both real and symlinked) 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.
- Large numbers of subdirectories seem to introduce notable latency. Large numbers of citekeys, on the other hand, are handled very well.