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Emacs org-cite stuck in helm buffer

Using Org-mode's new citation handling functionality org-cite (bundled as oc.el in Org 9.5+), I find myself stuck in the org-cite-insert minibuffer. It seems to be asking for an infinite amount of citations to insert, and my Helm minibuffer doesn't give me an exitable option.

Steps to reproduce

  1. M-x org-cite-insert. This loads up the HELM Org Cite Insert minibuffer.
  2. Hit Enter on a citation from list.
  3. I'm prompted to select another citation, but let's say I don't want to. It says Key ("" to exit) in the minibuffer, but I'm not able to select nothing, and writing "" of course prompts the reply '[No match]'. Hitting Tab shows that there is only one possible action, '[f1] Sole action [Identity]'.

So basically it seems I'm stuck here unless I cancel myself out of org-cite-insert withC-g, and that org-cite-insert isn't playing well with Helm at this point?

Solution

  • Workaround : after selecting all the entries hit M-RET. This should exit the helm org-cite interface and insert your selections.