Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.AAC7733C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:49 +0100 In-Reply-To: Frank Mittelbach's message of Mon, 11 May 92 16:03:57 CET <9205111406.AA17025@relay1.UU.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.AAC7733C" Return-Path: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: short citation forms Date: Mon, 11 May 1992 15:33:15 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Mark Purtill" Sender: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 710 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.AAC7733C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Frank writes: > > I don't want to say \firstcite and \latercite, LaTeX should = automatically > > know, if a citation is the first or a following and handle it = appropriately. > > (I think of revisions of a document.) > I had a similar objection too, but: I'm not sure if such writing > styles always put the \firstcite first. I agree with whomever Frank is replying to; however, it is true that the user might need a long or short form under different circumstances. I suggest the \citation (or whatever it turns out to be) command take an optional argument; either [l] to force a long form and [s] to force a short form. (If it does end up with different command names, \firstcite and \latercite should be replaced by \longcite and \shortcite, on the say-what-you-mean principle.) ^.-.^ Mark Purtill, IDA/CCR-P, Thanet Road, Princeton NJ 08540; = (609)924-4600. ((")) Email: purtill%idacrd@princeton.edu; uunet!idacrd!purtill. = (609)497-0526. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.AAC7733C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable short citation forms

Frank writes:
> > I don't want to say \firstcite and = \latercite, LaTeX should automatically
> > know, if a citation is the first or a = following and handle it appropriately.
> > (I think of revisions of a = document.)
> I had a similar objection too, but: I'm not sure = if such writing
> styles always put the \firstcite first.
        I agree = with whomever Frank is replying to; however, it is
true that the user might need a long or short form = under different
circumstances.  I suggest the \citation (or = whatever it turns out to
be) command take an optional argument; either [l] to = force a long form
and [s] to force a short form.  (If it does end = up with different
command names, \firstcite and \latercite should be = replaced by
\longcite and \shortcite, on the say-what-you-mean = principle.)

^.-.^ Mark Purtill, IDA/CCR-P, Thanet Road, Princeton = NJ  08540; (609)924-4600.
((")) Email: purtill%idacrd@princeton.edu; = uunet!idacrd!purtill. (609)497-0526.

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