[AUCTeX] RefTeX: citing process

[Frederik]

Hi there!

Some time ago I asked on this list if it is possible to insert 
`footcites' provided by biblatex via RefTeX.

I just discovered a nifty feature in RefTeX which I missed back then: 
when citing a reference, you can mark several entries in the bib-file 
and by pressing `A' RefTeX inserts several citing commands, each citing 
one of the selected entries.

Now it shouldn't be too difficult to make RefTeX not to insert several 
citing commands but to insert `\footcites' and to append the marked 
entries in braces, e.g.

\footcites[foo]{first-marked-entry}[bar]{second-marked-entry}

(Right now it's \footcite[foo]{first-marked-entry} 
\footcite[bar]{second-marked-entry} )


Ah, and I wonder if it is possible to avoid the standard-regexp when 
citing with RefTeX:

After having cited some reference, say with bibtex-key `foo', I want to 
cite some other references, but I don't remember the exact bibtex-keys. 
Now, when citing with `C-c [' the default regexp corresponds to the last 
cited reference `foo'. When I press RET I can just select `foo'. Now I 
have to visit my bib file, look for the appropriate key `bar1' and 
insert the beginning of that key in the regexp (after having started the 
citing process again).

This is annoying; is there a way to get all my bib-entries in the 
selection window when I just hit enter?

Thanks & regards,
Fred

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