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From: jaffe@ics.uci.edu (Matt Jaffe)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: LaTeX cites as superscript numbers?
Message-ID: <25780E93.19513@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Date: 2 Dec 89 18:04:03 GMT
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"YATES, JOHN H." <YATES@a.chem.upenn.edu> writes:

>The closest solution I have found personally to my query about making
>LaTeX use superscripts for references is to define mycite as below to
>use in the running text (not, of course, tables, figures, etc.).

>\def\mycite#1{{\footnotesize{$^{^{\cite{#1}}}$}}}

>(doubly supered for the best position in appearance).

>I am still hoping someone can show me a trivial solution to getting
>rid of the brackets around this superscript. It appears that it is
>built in the LaTeX executable and perhaps inaccessible other than
>by tweaking the LaTeX source? But perhaps it can be tricked or backspaced
>over or... ? I currently have it in a usable form, but would like perfection
>if possible.

>Thanks, John
>yates@a.chem.upenn.edu

>P.S.   Please respond directly to me, I don't read this newslist. I'm
>       overextended with the few I do attempt to keep up with.

>P.P.S. As far as getting rid of the brackets in the References, that was
>       trivial. I just modified ARTICLE.STY (in a new document style name,
>       of course), removing the appropriate [ and ] and replacing the right
>       one with a period (.) .

I use the following line in my style file to do the trick; note that it
doesn't "double super", only once; trivial mod to do it double,
obviously:

\renewcommand{\@cite}[2]{{\small $^{#1\if@tempswa , #2\fi}$}}


					...Matt	


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