2014-07-02 LaTeX References, and how to control them
With just a little abuse: "Which way did they go? How many were there? I must find my references; For I am their master." LaTeX references are wonderful things. In this short epistle, we will explore some A sample page with reference problems. of the interesting things that you can do with them, problems that can arise from misusing them, problems that can arise from not using them, and finally how to spice them up just a little. First we will set up a conceptual model using based on the LaTeX file (Listing 1), the make file (Listing 2), and some auxiliary files that LaTeX creates. Firstly, copy the LaTeX file and the make file to a convenient directory. Create references.pdf from the command line, by executing make . You want to get a sample PDF like in the image. Now that we have something to look at, we can construct the conceptual model. Opening the references.aux and searching for the lines that begin with the \newlabel token, and...