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From: bd@hpsemc.HP.COM (bob desinger)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Re: symbolic references in [nt]roff
Message-ID: <1270002@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Feb 88 18:05:38 GMT
References: <7044@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: HP SEMC, Cupertino, CA
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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.

The new book on awk shows how to do this; my impression is that they
implement the Aho and Sethi procedures in awk.  You'll need the awk
that has functions: either the System V.2 (I think) version or else
the AT&T Toolchest version.  The Toolchest version comes with all the
awk scripts in the book, which saves a *lot* of typing.

-- bd