Re: [PATCH] Allow LaTeX reference command (\ref) to be customised

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Hi Timothy,

Timothy writes:

> I've started doing some more cross-referencing in documents exported to
> LaTeX, and a hardcoded use of \ref has begun to stand out to me as a
> rather annoying thing. Hypperef provides \autoref for adding helpful
> prefixes (section, figure, etc.), and there are other packages which one
> may want to use to generate 'clever' references (like cleveref with
> \cref).
>
> As such, I think that the hardcoded \ref should actually be turned into
> a customisable format string, which is what the attached patch does.

I think it's a great idea. There are many options in LaTeX to manage
cross references, beyond the standar \ref. I use the varioref package a
lot (https://www.ctan.org/pkg/varioref).

Best regards,

Juan Manuel