On 8/15/06, Timwi <timwi(a)gmx.net> wrote:
Why? I can't think why. Of course, the software
would have to
automatically renumber them if references get deleted or moved around.
Can you elaborate on that? What exactly is your proposal, because
anything that involves typing in numbers manually sounds like a
terrible idea, at first glance.
That's another possibility, of course -- although
I would still contend
that something like [1], or even if it needs to be [ref:1], is much
better (easier to read, easier to ignore, easier to type, easier to type
without mistakes) than <ref name="ref1"/>.
Still a problem if you have to add the references to a references
section (bad if you're doing section editing).
Steve