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(sc)Configuring the Citation Engine


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Configuring the Citation Engine
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   At the heart of Supercite is a regular expression interpreting engine
called "Regi".  Regi operates by interpreting a data structure called a
Regi-frame (or just "frame"), which is a list of Regi-entries (or just
"entry").  Each entry contains a predicate, typically a regular
expression, which is matched against a line of text in the current
buffer.  If the predicate matches true, an associated expression is
`eval'uated.  In this way, an entire region of text can be transformed
in an _awk_-like manner.  Regi is used throughout Supercite, from mail
header information extraction, to header nuking, to citing text.

Using Regi
Frames You Can Customize
   While the details of Regi are discussed below (Note: Using Regi),
only those who wish to customize certain aspects of Supercite need
concern themselves with it.  It is important to understand though, that
any conceivable citation style that can be described by a regular
expression can be recognized by Supercite.  This leads to some
interesting applications.  For example, if you regularly receive email
from a co-worker that uses an uncommon citation style (say one that
employs a `|' or `}' character at the front of the line), it is
possible for Supercite to recognize this and _coerce_ the citation to
your preferred style, for consistency.  In theory, it is possible for
Supercite to recognize such things as uuencoded messages or C code and
cite or fill those differently than normal text.  None of this is
currently part of Supercite, but contributions are welcome!


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