Labels and Enumerations

[Rik Kabel <context@rik.users.panix.com>]

I would like to request the restoration of labels (\definelabel) to full 
citizenship in MKIV. While enumerations are more flexible in many ways, 
they cannot replace one particular use of labels if find necessary. 
Enumerations are paragraph entities, while labels are not so restricted.

I use labels displayed as numbers in the margin to serially identify 
quotations in a book about the development of quotation and 
misquotation, at the same time generating reference information for 
cross-referencing. While most quotations are blocks and can be handled 
by enumerations, many are in-line quotations, and enumeration cannot be 
used for these.

The wiki describes enumerations as the MKIV replacement for labels, and 
the documentation as far as I can see omits \definelabel. Unless there 
is something else supported in MKIV that can assume this function of 
labels, can we please have full support for labels? I would not want to 
see labels deprecated before the functionality is reproduced.

(Of course, if you can suggest how enumeration can be adapted to this 
requirement, or suggest an alternative mechanism, this request can be 
rejected.)

-- 
Rik


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