Background
Zettlr is strong among academic and research users because it supports citations, bibliographies, Pandoc workflows, Zotero/BibTeX integration, footnotes, and clean export workflows.
Proposal
Add lightweight citation support to Markdown Reader to better serve academic and research writing workflows.
Expected Outcome
Users should be able to reference citation sources while writing Markdown and export documents with citation-friendly structure.
Suggested Implementation
Start with a lightweight version:
- Import or load a
.bib BibTeX file.
- Search citations from the editor.
- Insert citation keys such as
[@doe2024].
- Preserve citation syntax during Markdown editing.
- Ensure DOCX/PDF export does not break citation text.
Future extensions could include:
- Zotero integration
- Pandoc-based export
- Bibliography preview
- AI command: “cite from my notes”
Value
This gives Markdown Reader a path to attract research and academic users, especially those who want a more modern UI than Zettlr plus native AI features.
Background
Zettlr is strong among academic and research users because it supports citations, bibliographies, Pandoc workflows, Zotero/BibTeX integration, footnotes, and clean export workflows.
Proposal
Add lightweight citation support to Markdown Reader to better serve academic and research writing workflows.
Expected Outcome
Users should be able to reference citation sources while writing Markdown and export documents with citation-friendly structure.
Suggested Implementation
Start with a lightweight version:
.bibBibTeX file.[@doe2024].Future extensions could include:
Value
This gives Markdown Reader a path to attract research and academic users, especially those who want a more modern UI than Zettlr plus native AI features.