[OS X TeX] PrettyRef

[Aaron Jackson]

On Mar 9, 2005, at 10:57 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> Herb Schulz wrote:
>
>> Why are you making things hard on yourself.
> Because I don't know any better.
>
>> Give the \label's names that
>> mean something to you; e.g., based on the subject of that section.
> Well, things are still a bit in flux and the way I think of a section 
> tends to change over time. So, in a month or two, I won't remember if 
> I have already used that name or not and since the same idea can come 
> up again and again …
>
> On the other hand, since my problem is only to avoid re-using names, I 
> have thought about using "randomely generated" numbers.

Well, if I am labeling equations, for example, I usually do something 
like:

\begin{equation}
\label{equ:elliptical bands}
E=\pm \frac{\hbar^2}{2m_l^*}k_l^2+\frac{\hbar}{2m_t^*}k_t^2
\end{equation}

That is, you can use as much information in the label to make the label 
unique and meaningful.

Aaron

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