On Wednesday 26 January 2005 11:23 am, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Steve Litt wrote: > > OK, now I'm ready to ask for my first feature request since I asked for > > character styles in 2001. We need some sort of automatic labelling so > > that every part, chapter, section, subsection, subsubsection, and float > > in the document. Here's why... > > > > Adding a label to every float is a mere inconvenience. But keeping track > > of all those labels is a gargantuan task because labels are scoped > > document wide. Imagine a programming language with no local variables. > > How ugly is that to maintain? > > Steve, > > Permit me a contrarian view. When I create a label I get a default > initial tag. However, I prefer my own. All figure tags begin with "fig: ", > all table tags begin with "tab: ", and so on. In the cross-reference dialog > box I activate the sort widget and they're all in alphabetical order. I > don't use numbers, but descriptive phrase. That way it doesn't matter if I > move a section from one chapter to another, the label remains valid and > LaTeX finds in when needed. > > I suspect that automating labels for everything will turn out to be more > of a bother for most situations. Besides, LyX already does so much of the > heavy lifting it should leave some things to us. > > Rich
Thanks Rich, I just had hernia repair surgery, and the doctor forbade me from heavy lifting. He specifically mentioned skateboarding and inter-chapter cross references. Seriously, there's got to be some way to make it easier. Your method of "fig:" is a start, and makes things tolerable (THANKS!), but I'm wondering if something could be done with automatic labels or maybe local labels. Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com
