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From: morrell@hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: symbolic references in [nt]roff
Message-ID: <2610008@hpsal2.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 88 21:24:28 GMT
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Organization: HP System Architecture Lab, Cupertino
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/ hpsal2:comp.text / hutch@lzaz.ATT.COM (R.HUTCHISON) /  4:34 am  Feb 18, 1988 /
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.

I don't want to hard-code either the page number or the section number
because if I change the document substantially these numbers will
change and I might forget to adjust all the references.  I would like
to be able to mark a point in my document, assign a symbol (hopefully
not only 2 characters) and then reference that symbol elsewhere.  I would
like forward and backward references (I know I might have to troff it
twice - it would be worth it).

Has anyone solved this one?  If so, would you like to share it with me
(us)?

Thanks much
Robert Hutchison
ihnp4!lzaz!hutch
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Have you tried the lbl program that was posted some time back.  I think
it was in comp.sources.unix.  I'll post a copy if there's enough interest.

  Michael Morrell
  hpda!morrell