Try using cite-raw. If you need more advanced features (e.g.
cite-textual, equivalent to citet in natbib) you can add the package
cite-author-year in Document->Add Package->Customize. To know the new
features, you can see Insert->Link->Citation after attaching the
package.

If, in addition, you want to know what scheme commands the menu
elements are called (that are accessible for you through the hybrid
construct by typing "\") you can go to Help->Search source code and
type in "cite-author-year". You will find as a first result the scheme
file that builds the menu for cite-author-year with the mapping
between menu items and Scheme commands.

Since I believe it would help discoverability of the scheme interface
I have added a ticket in Savannah so that there is the possibility to
display somewhere in the minibuffer the scheme action that a
particular menu item will call, when you over over that item.

Cheers,

-á.

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 23:19, Anthony Cameron
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for the responses. What I was trying to do was change the
> appearance of citations. I have some work where I've already used the cite
> tag but it would be more appropriate if I could remove the square brackets
> that it produces.
>
> Thanks
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> On 22 March 2012 18:30, Adrian S. <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe what you want is \cite, not \render-cite; \render-cite is more
>> related about writing
>> macros to change the way that references are displayed, I think.
>>
>> I think the manual covers this in help->manual->automatic generated
>> content.
>>
>> Note that there are two ways to do this: Using BibTeX or using TeXmacs
>> without BibTeX, since now TeXmacs can do it without BibTeX, by using
>> the tm-alpha instead of alpha, etc. when you insert your bibliography.
>>
>> Peace.
>> -Adri'an.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Sam Liddicott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > I think render- macros affect formatting. So render-cite would be the
>> > wrong
>> > tag to use directly.
>> >
>> > You would override thus tag to change appearance of citations.
>> >
>> > Sam
>> >
>> > On Mar 22, 2012 5:39 PM, "Anthony Cameron" <address@hidden>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> Could anyone please explain to me how to use the render-cite tag?
>> >> I've tried entering \render-cite in texmacs but that just gives []
>> >> between
>> >> which I can type text but not a BibTex key.
>> >> Editing the file in a text editor and adding the key like that still
>> >> does
>> >> not appear to get it to work.
>> >>
>> >> Many Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Anthony
>
>