I don't think that it is possible for the snippet I sent to remove the the parentheses as they are not part of the link. You can either replace them all interactively with a regexp, e.g. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (goto-char (point-min)) (query-replace-regexp "(\\(cite:.*\\))" "\\1") #+END_SRC That regexp assumes they are all cite links (e.g. no citep, etc), and that there are no spaces between the (). This is what I would do, it should prompt you for each replacement, and you will end up pressing y 381 times. Alternatively, you can use this approach to remove the links from a copy of the buffer right before it is exported. This will leave the original links in place. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (let ((org-export-before-processing-hook (lambda (backend) (goto-char (point-max)) (while (re-search-backward "(cite:.*)" nil t) (setf (buffer-substring (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)) ""))))) (org-latex-export-as-latex)) #+END_SRC John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > John Kitchin writes: > > > You can try this: > > > > * Build :noexport: > > > > Put this heading in your file, and run this block. > > > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > > (flet ((org-ref-format-cite (keyword desc format) "")) > > (org-latex-export-to-latex)) > > #+END_SRC > > > > It will temporarily redefine the cite export function. It appears it > > replaces them with a space, but this should be a problem for latex. > > > Sorry list, I inadvertently sent this direct to John. > > Thanks John for this, its not quite working as I'd like, so I'll explain > it with examples. > > * Case 1 - original setup > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Source = > > The remaining 'other place' > deaths include over 150 described as 'psychiatric hospitals', 'psychiatric > hospitals (security)' or > 'psychiatric unit' (cite:0113). > > Pdf = > > The remaining > ’other place’ deaths include over 150 described as ’psychiatric > hospitals’, ’psychiatric hospitals > (security)’ or ’psychiatric unit’ (WILSON , 2015). > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > * Case 2 - brackets removed round citation > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Source = > > The remaining 'other place' > deaths include over 150 described as 'psychiatric hospitals', 'psychiatric > hospitals (security)' or > 'psychiatric unit' cite:0113. > > Pdf = > > The remaining > ’other place’ deaths include over 150 described as ’psychiatric > hospitals’, ’psychiatric hospitals > (security)’ or ’psychiatric unit’ WILSON , 2015. > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > * Case 3 - with John's coding > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Source = > > The remaining 'other place' > deaths include over 150 described as 'psychiatric hospitals', 'psychiatric > hospitals (security)' or > 'psychiatric unit' (cite:0113). > > And with your coding and built as pdf = > > The remaining > ’other place’ deaths include over 150 described as ’psychiatric > hospitals’, ’psychiatric hospitals > (security)’ or ’psychiatric unit’ (). > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > * Case 4 - with John's coding > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Source = > > The remaining 'other place' > deaths include over 150 described as 'psychiatric hospitals', 'psychiatric > hospitals (security)' or > 'psychiatric unit' cite:0113. > > And with your coding and built as pdf = > > The remaining > ’other place’ deaths include over 150 described as ’psychiatric > hospitals’, ’psychiatric hospitals > (security)’ or ’psychiatric unit’ . > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > - Case 1 is the start point and as it currently is. > - Case 2 is an interim stage, with the circular brackets round the > citation removed. When its exported the sentence looks ugly with out > any differentiation between the text and the citation. > - Case 3 is with John's coding snippet being applied and the whole > exported, and it leaves the circular brackets round the citation > behind but no citation. > - Case 4 is with John's coding snippet applied after the circular > brackets have been removed, and is nirvana! :) > > But it would be a mammoth undertaking going through and removing all the > circular brackets round the citations, and there's 381 references in the > bibliography, so is it possible for your code snippet to temporarily > remove the circular brackets as part of its building the tex file > please? > > Thanks John, I do appreciate it > > Sharon. > > > > Sharon Kimble writes: > > > >> I'm writing a document which currently has 408 pages and over a 1,000 > >> footnotes, and with a size of 1.1 mbs. > >> > >> I'm exporting it to latex using 'org-latex-export-to-latex' and am now > >> wondering is it possible to export it *and* omit the citations? The > >> citations currently are showing in the org-mode source file as > >> '(cite:xxxx)'. > >> > >> So to clarify - the org-mode document is exported to latex and then > >> built into a pdf file in a separate process. The org-mode document has > >> citations, showing in the org-mode document as '(cite:xxxx)', where the > >> 'xxxx' is any one of four figures which don't have any impact on reality > >> in org-mode, though org-ref allows them to be seen as a quasi-bibtex > >> display in the mini-buffer. When the pdf file is built they are > >> converted into authoryear citations, and its these citations that I'm > >> looking to *not* display in the pdf file. I would like the citations to > >> still show in the org-mode source document but not to show in the final > >> built pdf file. > >> > >> The file, or program, that is building the pdf can be seen at [fn:1]. > >> > >> So how can I do it please? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Sharon. > >> > >> [fn:1] 'pdfbuild' - from tex to PDF - version 2 = > http://www.sharons.org.uk/pdfbuild2.html > > -- > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk > TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk > DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk > Debian 9.3, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 25.3.2, org-mode 9.1.6-10-g0c9329-elpaplus >