On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 04:34:37PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote:
> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > "R" == R Lahaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > R> Hello,
> > R> I'm suprised why citation references are not handled like, for
> > R> example, footnotes. A citation can then be indicated with "cite"
> > R> (in small, red font).
> >
> > It is useful when proofreading a text to see what has been cited (it
> > avoids a lot of mistakes, IMO). What could be done though is to have a
> > way to specify a max number of character for the inset (either
> > hardcoded or via lyxrc), so that the display is trucated if needed.
>
> I believe citations are a similar "object" as footnotes
> (BTW often citation references are printed as footnotes!).
> How do you check the footnotes when proofreading?
Citations are not at all similar to footnotes. When writing articles
for technical journals, or when writing a doctoral thesis, you need to
see what you're referring back to, or you'll get hopelessly lost!
Note: in some academic disciplines, citations are implemented as
footnotes. This does not, however, mean that citations *are*
footnotes. Citations are citations. They can even be an integral
part of the text in some disciplines.
What should happen is this:
1. Citation refs should wrap. I'd be surprised if they didn't
already.
2. Citation refs should be *short*. That's what G*d gave us
"el. al." for. ;) I'm fairly certain that the cross-ref for a
citation is a writer-defined mnemonic, just like the names of
section cross-refs. Why choose something over half a line long?
--
John Weiss
"Not through coersion. Not by force. But by compassion. By
affection. And, a small fish." -His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
