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Article #4437Re: symbolic references in [nt]roff
From: Marcio de Carvalho
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1988 22:44
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1988 22:44
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In article <63@lzaz.ATT.COM> hutch@lzaz.ATT.COM (R.HUTCHISON) writes: >When writing a document, I want to be able to symbolically reference >some point in my (or someone else's) document. FOr example, in my >document, I want to say... > > ... for more information, refer to page XX (section 1.2.3) > of this manual. > Have a look at the following reference: A. Aho and R. Sethi, "Maintaining Cross References in Manuscripts," Software- Practice and Experience, 18, pp 1-13, 1988. They show how to use UNIX tools (grep awk and sed) to maintain cross references. One of their examples is exactly what you want.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!agate!garnet.berkeley.edu!carvalho From: carvalho@garnet.berkeley.edu (Marcio de Carvalho) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: symbolic references in [nt]roff Message-ID: <7044@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 18 Feb 88 22:44:52 GMT References: <63@lzaz.ATT.COM> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: carvalho@garnet.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Marcio de Carvalho) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 16