Re: Help with citations in groff

2023-12-04 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2023-12-04T17:50:46-0600, Dave Kemper wrote: > On 12/1/23, Darris Hawks wrote: > > There are a couple of things that are unclear to me after reading > > the manual for GNU refer. [...] > Can you clarify what documentation you were reading--and, if it was > the refer(1) man page, which version o

Re: Help with citations in groff

2023-12-04 Thread Dave Kemper
On 12/1/23, Darris Hawks wrote: > There are a couple of things that are unclear to me after reading the > manual for GNU refer. Hi Darris, Can you clarify what documentation you were reading--and, if it was the refer(1) man page, which version of groff you have installed? I ask because this man

Re: Help with citations in groff

2023-12-02 Thread hbezemer--- via
Darris, I'm by no means an expert, but I'll be happy to help. Question 2: Are you using a macro package like ms, mm or mom? These packages could provide a footnote and you can fill the footnote with your full citation (see for instance the mom-documentation on this topic). Question 1: From wha

Re: Help with citations in groff

2023-12-02 Thread Darris Hawks
I have realized I can do a workaround with a series of ternary statements like the refer manual says: `expr1?expr2:expr3` Where I use fields I am unlikely to use for anything else in `expr1` and another ternary in `expr3` E.g., `O?case:S?statute:G?rule:journal` Then, make sure that the .ref has %