zotcite VS CrossLine

I use VimWiki in Markdown format. It is portable and lightweight, but at the same time very versatile. If I need to print some of my notes, I use Pandoc to convert it into a PDF (or other format). I also use it in conjunction with zotcite in order to use my bibliographical database from Zotero inside (Neo)Vim.

According to the author, it is possible to use it with LaTeX, but it is not a feature that is supported. Someone else would have to properly implement and take responsibility for maintaining the code.

There are some plugins for Vim that can use Zotero to do citations. Like this or this. I don't really know much else because I only use Neovim to take notes. I write my papers in LibreOffice which has Zotero integration.

This was a visionary undertaking. I implemented transclusion in CrossLine and it's very useful (see https://github.com/rochus-keller/CrossLine).

I use CrossLine (https://github.com/rochus-keller/CrossLine) for all my projects (some really big and complex) since 14 years, as a notebook for facts, minutes, results, action items and whatever unstructured information drops in during a project or daily life; I even use it for requirements management and specification development.

Transclusion is a very good idea from my point of view. I saw and used it in Ivar Jacobson's Objectory tool and eventually also implemented it in my CrossLine and other tools (see https://github.com/rochus-keller/CrossLine, https://github.com/rochus-keller/FlowLine2/, etc.).