combining references to several targets

combining references to several targets

[Eckhart Guthöhrlein]

Hi,

say that I have four tables with lables tab:A ... tab:D. Now, I would
like to say something like \in{Tables}[tab:A,tab:B,tab:C,tab:D] and the
output should be "Tables 2, 7-9".
How can this be done?

Greetings,
-- 
Eckhart

Re: combining references to several targets

[Hans Hagen]

Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> say that I have four tables with lables tab:A ... tab:D. Now, I would
> like to say something like \in{Tables}[tab:A,tab:B,tab:C,tab:D] and the
> output should be "Tables 2, 7-9".

\in{Tables}[tab:A], \in[tab:B]--\in[tab:D]



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Re: combining references to several targets

[Eckhart Guthöhrlein]

On Sun, 08 May 2005 at 22:47:32+0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >say that I have four tables with lables tab:A ... tab:D. Now, I would
> >like to say something like \in{Tables}[tab:A,tab:B,tab:C,tab:D] and the
> >output should be "Tables 2, 7-9".
> 
> \in{Tables}[tab:A], \in[tab:B]--\in[tab:D]

Of course, this solution works, but it can easily break.
So there is no automatic sorting and combining? If I don't know that
table B--D have continuous numbers, or if this changes in the course of
writing, those references will become wrong.

-- 
Eckhart

Re: combining references to several targets

[Hans Hagen]

Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
> On Sun, 08 May 2005 at 22:47:32+0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
>>Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>say that I have four tables with lables tab:A ... tab:D. Now, I would
>>>like to say something like \in{Tables}[tab:A,tab:B,tab:C,tab:D] and the
>>>output should be "Tables 2, 7-9".
>>
>>\in{Tables}[tab:A], \in[tab:B]--\in[tab:D]
> 
> 
> Of course, this solution works, but it can easily break.
> So there is no automatic sorting and combining? If I don't know that
> table B--D have continuous numbers, or if this changes in the course of
> writing, those references will become wrong.

implementing this is not complex, but the tricky part is in the prefixes (1.4, 2.5)

Hans

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Re: combining references to several targets

[Eckhart Guthöhrlein]

On Mon, 09 May 2005 at 22:40:03+0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> >>>say that I have four tables with lables tab:A ... tab:D. Now, I would
> >>>like to say something like \in{Tables}[tab:A,tab:B,tab:C,tab:D] and the
> >>>output should be "Tables 2, 7-9".
> >>
> >>\in{Tables}[tab:A], \in[tab:B]--\in[tab:D]
> >
> >
> >Of course, this solution works, but it can easily break.
> >So there is no automatic sorting and combining? If I don't know that
> >table B--D have continuous numbers, or if this changes in the course of
> >writing, those references will become wrong.
> 
> implementing this is not complex, but the tricky part is in the prefixes 
> (1.4, 2.5)

Not complex... ;-)
I admit that I didn't think of prefixes since I never used them so far.
Anyway, I think this would be a very useful feature, even if some
restrictions concerning prefixes had to be accepted. If you have the
opportunity to implement it sometime - great.

-- 
Eckhart