Description
When using citations in Markdown with Pandoc, references written without brackets (i.e. @key instead of [@key]) are not resolved when they appear inside non-inline footnotes and are immediately followed by punctuation (e.g. a period).
This results in missing citation output in the generated document, even though similar syntax works correctly in other contexts.
Steps to Reproduce
Markdown input (myfile.md):
---
bibliography: bib.bib
title: Test
---
@myref
[^1]
[^1]: @myref.
BibTeX file (bib.bib):
@book{myref,
address = {test},
series = {test},
title = {Title},
publisher = {test},
author = {Author},
year = {1997},
}Command:
pandoc -s myfile.md -o myfile.html
Expected Behavior
The citation inside the footnote (@myref.) should be properly parsed and rendered as a citation, just like in the main text or when using bracketed citations.
Actual Behavior
The citation inside the footnote is not resolved. The output HTML contains an empty list element in the footnote:
<li id="fn1">
<ol class="example" type="1">
<li></li>
</ol>
<a href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a>
</li>Additional Observations
- The issue occurs only when punctuation immediately follows the citation key inside the footnote.
- If the period is removed, the citation is correctly parsed.
Modified footnote:
Result (correct output):
<p><span class="citation" data-cites="myref">@myref</span></p>
...
<li id="fn1">
<p><span class="citation" data-cites="myref">@myref</span>
<a href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p>
</li>
- Using bracketed citations (e.g.
[@myref].) works as expected.
- The same
@key. syntax outside of footnotes is handled correctly.
Possible Cause
This suggests that the citation parser fails to correctly tokenize bare citations (@key) followed by punctuation when they occur in block-level footnote definitions.
Environment
- Pandoc version: 3.9.1 (also affects earlier versions)
- Output format: HTML
- Input format: Markdown with bibliography
Description
When using citations in Markdown with Pandoc, references written without brackets (i.e.
@keyinstead of[@key]) are not resolved when they appear inside non-inline footnotes and are immediately followed by punctuation (e.g. a period).This results in missing citation output in the generated document, even though similar syntax works correctly in other contexts.
Steps to Reproduce
Markdown input (
myfile.md):BibTeX file (
bib.bib):Command:
Expected Behavior
The citation inside the footnote (
@myref.) should be properly parsed and rendered as a citation, just like in the main text or when using bracketed citations.Actual Behavior
The citation inside the footnote is not resolved. The output HTML contains an empty list element in the footnote:
Additional Observations
Modified footnote:
Result (correct output):
[@myref].) works as expected.@key.syntax outside of footnotes is handled correctly.Possible Cause
This suggests that the citation parser fails to correctly tokenize bare citations (
@key) followed by punctuation when they occur in block-level footnote definitions.Environment