On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Herbert Voss wrote: [...] > > I don't have a problem with the <before> and <after> sections only the > > part you labelled <natbib>. I have a problem with saving data that is > > easily regeneratable. JMarc may have concerns about the <before> and > > <after> handling but I don't. > > > > As I see it: > > We know natbib support is turned on/off. > > We know what \cite format the user wants. > > We know the key. > > We know the bibtex file to search. > > Therefore, we can reconstruct the label string just the same way it > > was generated originally. We don't need to save the part you > > labelled <natbib>. > > > this is a kind of overhead! for three words I start a search in a > > database ... > and how do I know in the inset what bibtex-file I use?
You don't know at file reading time but you don't need it then. Once a file is read all the BibTeX DB is parsed and available for you to use. So you should be able to regenerate the string in exactly the same way you generated it in the first place. You did generate the string originally. So you must have known the BibTeX DB to use and how to access it. So why would it be any more difficult to regenerate than it was to create the original string? Allan. (ARRae)
