Bibliographies

Accent manages BibTeX and BibLaTeX references in ordinary .bib files. The Bibliography pane appears when one is found in the vault. Choose the file at the top if there are several, or run New Bibliography from the command palette to create one. Opening a .bib tab shows its source and selects it in the pane.

Add and edit references

Choose Add Reference to enter a DOI or DOI URL, paste BibTeX, or fill in an entry manually. Review the metadata before adding it. The Download PDF checkbox optionally tries to attach a PDF as the reference is added. A failed download keeps the reference, and Attach PDF can import a file downloaded elsewhere.

Click a reference to find it in the source, or use Edit Reference from its row menu to edit fields. The source and the pane share autosave and Undo. Accent preserves unrelated fields, comments and formatting. If a file has syntax errors, edit its source before using structured changes.

Cite, check and share

Use a reference’s row menu to copy its citation key, refresh metadata, open its PDF or find usages. Insert Citation writes \cite{keys} into the active LaTeX document and @key for each key into a Typst document. Copy Citation Keys also works when writing in another application.

The pane’s More menu offers Check and Merge Duplicates. Checks identify missing fields, duplicate keys, malformed DOIs and broken attachments. Renaming or merging a key used in another indexed document stops so you can update its citations first.

Copy to Bibliography… and Move to Bibliography… transfer selected references to another .bib file, including their inheritance dependencies. Copies are independent, and attachment paths are adjusted for the destination. Removing a reference keeps its attachment files. These management controls are available on desktop, including remote vaults.