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Re: [groff] In text references: optional page numbers?
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Peter Schaffter |
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Re: [groff] In text references: optional page numbers? |
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Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:38:44 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) |
Paul --
On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, Paul Swanson wrote:
> Using groff, refer and the ms macros, I can't figure out how to
> achieve in text references with optional page numbers.
>
> Here's what I'd like to achieve.
>
> Sometimes, I need to reference a given work in its entirety:
>
> ... and thus all is foo bar (Smith 1984).
>
> Other times, I need to quote the same author / source directly:
>
> ... "and thus all is foo bar" (Smith 1984, p. 42).
>
> I can't figure out how to create an in text reference that will
> behave like that.
Have a look at
http://www.schaffter.ca/mom/momdoc/refer.html#parenthetical
for a discussion of parenthetical references in text. It covers
what you want. It's part of the mom macros' documentation but it's
not mom-specific, just refer usage explained more approachably
than the refer(1) manpage.
--
Peter Schaffter
http://www.schaffter.ca