On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 7:29 AM Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote: > > "Bruce D'Arcus" <bdar...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I was just interacting with one of the org-roam-bibtex developers about > > org-cite. > > > > He noted that citekeys can only start with an underscore or alpha character. > > > > Is that a necessary restriction? > > > > He, it turns out, mostly has keys of the form '2020-DOE-ABC". > > It is not a necessary restriction. > > What do you suggest as the first character? Underscore, and > alphanumeric?
I think so; yes. > So keys would need to: > > - start with _ or alnum > - end with _ or alnum > - optionally contain any alnum or symbol among #$%&+./:<>?_~- I'm not super sure of the details around, for example, bibtex, but this post seems to be helpful to check against for the details? https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/388500/what-is-valid-as-a-biblatex-entry-key/388652#388652 Bruce
