-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/15/2015 07:26 PM, David A Case wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2015, Robert Susmilch wrote: >> >> I have Googled a way to refer to numbered equations in text, such >> as "See equation (3)" in Lyx but everything I read, whether from >> other users or wikis, suggests labeling the already numbered >> equations and then using the label to cross reference. >> >> This seems absurd .... > > This has been discussed before on this list. The requirement to > have a label makes good sense: how do you propose to refer to an > equation that does not have a label? Remember that its number will > change as equations are added or removed, whereas the label will > not change. > > It seems like you may wish to have a cross reference that says the > following: "refer to the *current* equation (3), and update the > number in the cross reference if the corresponding equation number > changes." This might be implemented by having LyX create a unique > but hidden label for every numbered equation, and providing some > sort of user interface to refer to it. > > For good reasons or bad, this is not the way LyX and latex work. > Note that numbered equations are no different in this respect than > are numbered sections, etc. > > ....dave case > Dear Dave,
Yes I see this now about sections, I think that might be an oversight IMHO. I have been very busy with work, a two year old, and getting both myself and wife back to college after 10 and 15 years away from school respectively to write back to everyone. - -- Respectfully, Robert Susmilch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVDD1iAAoJEJvhIiLnDQ8q+DoQAJeFEJSLN6qpRY7bU6731KF8 tzWM1eWmZMixNRco1CmTE22Paj0+hULSsU1RaWzO1TW0FSJd++v0A09Vw3OmF/U6 p2Sx2IglsekJ6m4Lpiqm8FbRRM1L8XzLJovXTNXKG+6wlDN2R+3mnX79SN6DaRNL oHsM6eoJ/hHFXsbn6YmMeTNcdAkavLHWjiKP3wMGaI3phlttjysp/B/Ugwgbrgja AVWViTdUcuHlFa2puK7MsrkqLKeh0vMKfTkayj/HokLKcIcHgWERPYBEwz2ABGEU QFRHsKrN4VWtYLfWPzaYFdNFSlj0VMElJSzn4vpizMaSnGpD9vMQ1SY4vxbDTEp5 OTAM2GN9OzVaeh5Om7D6OH4uR/QVGNc6OVe6flBEpegoWYTO4bpO89+QefX3q9hn K8TdiLR3Ot3BX95NfJL2uccBR8qDyb4ffYgRF7xcApRpIA4utEiXrEXwstByM1hd cihsyyg3sE4tTfyRxLVz3cugdHbr5hpxboE/MSdGP62DRE4Z9H12aD+/8qR48+5/ YNBpc1abPAF16PaURSKB7PtGbgupCQkLLofvK9ruhfBKPR32DT+Y0md0bULuoP1o bI6mVGmE2jn81uBcRqPddav3JxM8C7vocbTB6gRDon7PtVpLmzdOSxOCT+EQcI7n vM1OIWMVoMBXMoLmoumI =Dxu4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
