A Neovim telescope extension to search and paste BibTeX entries into LaTeX and Markdown files.
telescope-bibtex.nvim is a Neovim plugin that extends the telescope.nvim fuzzy finder to search and insert BibTeX bibliography entries. It solves the problem of managing citations in LaTeX and Markdown documents by providing quick in-editor access to references without switching to external tools.
Academic researchers, students, and technical writers who use Neovim for writing LaTeX or Markdown documents with citations.
Developers choose this plugin for its tight integration with telescope.nvim's fuzzy search, configurable citation formats, and context-aware bibliography detection, making citation management faster and more efficient within Neovim.
A telescope.nvim extension to search and paste bibtex entries into your TeX files.
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Leverages telescope.nvim's powerful fuzzy finder for quick searching of BibTeX entries by author, year, or title, as highlighted in the Key Features and usage section.
Provides four keybindings to insert citation labels, full BibTeX entries, formatted citations, or specific field values, streamlining workflow without leaving Neovim.
Automatically detects bibliography files from LaTeX or Markdown document metadata, reducing manual path configuration as described in the Configuration section.
Supports custom citation formats and templates via Lua configuration, allowing tailored output for LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text, as shown in the Label formats and Formatted citations sections.
The plugin lacks predefined citation styles like APA or Chicago; users must manually create templates for formatted citations, as admitted in the Formatted citations section.
Requires telescope.nvim to be installed and configured first, adding complexity for Neovim users not already using this specific fuzzy finder.
Only searches .bib files under the current directory or pre-configured global paths, which may not suffice for projects with distributed or database-backed references.