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From: oliveria@caen.engin.umich.edu (ROQUE DONIZETE DE OLIVEIRA)
Subject: how to redefine \cite (or \@cite) to compress lists
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.232019.22783@engin.umich.edu>
Keywords: cite, latex, article
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Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1991 23:20:19 GMT

Does anyone know what changes need to be made to the \cite
command (or \@citex or \@cite) so that using
                               \cite{ref1,ref2,ref3,ref4,ref5}
in a latex document would produce [1-5] instead of the usual [1,2,3,4,5] ?

Thanks.
   
   Roque Oliveira
   oliveria@caen.engin.umich.edu