On Friday 09 February 2007 19:22, Stefano Franchi wrote: > On 9 Feb, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Friday 09 February 2007 12:59, Stefano Franchi wrote: > >> I am still fighting with LyX/LaTeX cross-referencing facilities. While > >> it's rather clear how to use it to refer to page numbers and equation > >> numbers within a single file, I am in the dark on how: > >> > >> 1. cross-referencing to a separate file > >> > >> 2. having the section title appear in the cross-referencing document. > >> > >> In fact, I am not even sure whether (1) or (2) are possible at all. > >> > >> Here is what I am trying to do (assuming it's not clear enough from > >> the > >> above description): > >> Say I have chapter 1 and chapter 2 in chapter1.lyx and chapter2.lyx. > >> > >> Chapter1.lyx has sections: > >> > >> 1. Introduction > >> 2. First section > >> 3. Third section > >> > >> Somewhere in Chapter 2, I want to say: "as I showed in ***Chapter 1, > >> Third section***, etc.etc." I > >> I would like to have the text between *** as a cross-reference, so > >> that > >> if I move the Chapter1.lyx section around, change its title, etcetera, > >> the reference would still work. Is there any way to do this? > >> > >> Thanks for the help. > >> > >> Stefano > > > > Hi Stefano, > > > > Assuming you're doing the whole book yourself and not sharing out > > chapters, > > consider putting the whole thing in a single file. I've got a 110,000 > > word > > book in a single file, and it performs just fine. > > Thanks Steve, > > but I have a different problem. I am trying to switch to LyX for all > my writing, including my (intense) note-taking. I can't put all of that > in a single file. > > Thanks anyway.
Hi Stephano, As far as intense note taking, for that I'd use VimOutliner (http://www.vimoutliner.org). SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/
