On 06/05/2016 12:05 PM, racoon wrote:
> On 05.06.2016 16:12, racoon wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> LyX prints a § when using formatted references to sections, like
>>
>> "In section §3, ..."
>>
>> It seems a bit strange to me that the "§" is added in addition to
>> "section". Isn't the "§" an abbreviation for "section"? Also it makes
>> referencing to more than one section tricky because by in the plain
>> format there is no "§" added, like
>>
>> "In section §3 and 4, ..."
>>
>> Wouldn't it be better to have
>>
>> "In section §3 and §4."?
>>
>> Anyway, I want to get rid of the added "§" in the formatted reference
>> altogether. I have seen that LyX uses the command "\secref" but did not
>> find documentation.
>>
>> Maybe someone can help me out. Thanks.
>
> Okay, I think I got it:
>
> \renewcommand\secref[1]{section \ref{sec:#1}}
>
> I hope I did not miss any subtleties.
Lyx uses, by default, refstyle.sty for formatted references, but can
also use prettyref.sty. This is controlled by a checkbox at Document>
Settings> Document Class.
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