[OS X TeX] Automatic labeling for references

[David Watson]

Good grief!

I would never EVER use a random label number. The whole purpose of  
using labels and references is to make it memorable.

\label{eulersformula} is WAY more memorable than  
\label{x89237kjalsdfi134}

Why would anyone ever do something like that?

If you are confused about which of Euler's formulas you are trying to  
reference, just use the "search" or "find" functionality of your text  
editor to look for euler and track it down.

As long as you use a consistent method of labeling, finding references  
should not be difficult.

Something like "euler-function" "euler-function-identity" "maxwell- 
hertz" "heaviside-hertz" "maxwells-silver-hammer" would help to narrow  
it down without forcing you to do things diametrically opposed to the  
entire philosophy of TeX/LaTeX.

Excuse me, I have to go drink away the brain cell that just thought it  
saw some craziness about random numbers and labels.

On Apr 4, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
> The reason I would like this to be automatic is that last year I  
> gave up on references altogether because I got completely confused  
> even though someone on this list had written a macro that would  
> generate random label numbers. This way, it would be just a matter  
> of looking up an already existing label.
>
> Hopeful regards
> --schremmer
>