Re: [O] Citation syntax: Underscore MUST(?) be allowed in cite keys?

[Rasmus]

Richard Lawrence <address@hidden> writes:

> Suppose you often write citations like:
>
>   [cite: See @Doe99, and references therein, for more.]
>
> [...]  and rendered like:
>
>   See Doe (1999), and references therein, for more.
 
This is slightly OT, but it comes up frequently enough that it's worth
pointing out.  Assuming we were to handle notes as biblatex (which would
be the better thing to do IMO), the output of:

     [cite: See @Doe99, and references therein, for more.]
Aka: \textcite[See][, and references therein, for more.]{Doe99}

is

    Aksn et al. (See 2006, ,and references therein, for more.)

To get "See Doe (1999), and references therein, for more." one would
write:

      See @doe99, and references therein, for more.
Or:   See \textcite{doe99}, and references therein, for more.

The output of [(cite): See @Doe99, and references therein, for more.] is

      (See Doe 1999, ,and references therein, for more)
or:   \parencite[See][,and references therein, for more]{doe99}

—Rasmus

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\textcite[See][,and references therein, for more.]{aksin}\par
\textcites(pre)(post)[See][,and references therein, for more.]{aksin}[See][,and 
references therein, for more.]{angenendt}\par
\parencite[See][,and references therein, for more.]{aksin}\par
\parencites(pre)(post)[See][,and references therein, for 
more.]{aksin}[See][,and references therein, for more.]{angenendt}\par
\end{document}