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
