Managing Citations

Citations are the backbone of academic writing. Texpile streamlines the process of finding, adding, and formatting your references.

Adding a Citation

To add a citation while writing:

1. Place your cursor where you want the citation.
2. Type @ to open the citation picker.
3. Start typing the title, author, or year of the paper you want to cite.
4. Use the arrow keys and Enter to select and insert the citation.

The citation picker allows you to select from:

1. Bibliography: Your external references (books, papers).
2. Internal References: Figures, Tables, and Equations within your document.

Managing Bibliography

To manage your list of references, open the Citations panel by clicking the Citations button in the bottom sidebar, or go to Insert > Citations > Add References….

You can build your bibliography by:

• Uploading a BibTeX file: Directly attach a .bib file to your project.
• Manual Entry: Add references manually using the form.

Note: Texpile supports standard BibTeX entries. Some specialized BibLaTeX fields might not be fully supported in the visual editor but will work in compilation.

Editing Citations

After inserting a citation (e.g., [1]), you can click on it to open a context menu.

This menu allows you to:

• Add a Prefix (e.g., “see “)
• Add a Suffix (e.g., “p. 42”)
• Suppress the author (for author-year styles)

Citation Styles

Texpile supports widely used citation styles via CSL or BibLaTeX. A list of references (“Works Cited” or “Bibliography”) will be automatically appended to the end of your document if you have cited sources.

Note: The specific formatting of your citations (e.g., [1] vs. (Smith, 2023)) is controlled by your project’s Template.