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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

> Bibliography needs to be better implemented in Texmacs. Some simples things 
> as
> being able to browse available bibtex styles or having a dialog (being able
> to browse again) box for chosing a bibliography. More, you should be able to
> change the bibliographic style if you want to (without having to delete the
> automatic text block and inserting it again with a new style).
> More, when you update the bibliography, it should update both the 
> bibligraphy
> per se, but also citations or else one has to "scan" the document ant
> "return" every citation.
> A temporary citation field would also be useful (so, when you enter a 
> citation
> BEFORE chosing the bibtex file, you should be able to see the entry 
> reference
> [xpto03] instead of [?]).

Yes, I know; this might be improved a lot, but I don't have time for this now.

> Now, for the questions:
>
> Is there any other way to enter citations besides the "standard" [ ]
> parentheses? I was thinking of being able to choose betwen straight and 
> round
> parenthesis, a little like LaTeX (I know I can add LaTex code, but that's 
> not
> very "elegant").

You may try to hack the package "std-automatic.ts".
(Load it using "C-x C-f std-automatic return").

> Another thing, anybody used the bibtex style authordate1.bst? I tried to, 
> but
> it gives me an error with citename. If anyone has any idea, thanks.

Not me...