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From: pmaresch@hawk.ulowell.edu (Pierre Mareschal)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: LaTeX complex cross reference macro wanted
Keywords: cross references, \ref, \pageref, macros
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Date: 18 Dec 90 19:57:09 GMT
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(La)TeX Gurus,

Given an entry generated in the .aux file by a LaTeX command like:
	\label{ex}
I would like to find a macro (let's call it \pref) that would produce
the following outputs:

	- If the label is on the same page as the reference,
	  it would just use the \ref{ex}:
	  Example:
		Figure~\pref{ex} generates Figure~\ref{ex}
		i.e. Figure 2.1.
	(If the reference is on a left page and the figure on a right page,
	(or vice-versa), it should only produce this simple output too.)

	- If the label is on a different page,
	  it would generate a more complex output:
	  Example:
		Figure~\pref{ex} generates Figure~\ref{ex} (\pageref{ex})
		i.e. Figure 2.1 (page 69).

	Thanks a lot.

:- Pierre Mareschal <pmaresch@hawk.ulowell.edu>