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Cross References Shown as ``Hyperized'' Text

  In printed documents cross-references are shown through a numerical or symbolic indirection e.g. ``see Figure 1'' (numeric indirection), or ``see section ``Changes'' (symbolic indirection). LaTeX2HTML can mirror this mechanism using the same numeric or symbolic references, or when these are not appropriate by using iconic references.

In a hypertext document however, cross-references can be shown without any indirection just by highlighting a relevant piece of text. This can make a document more readable as it removes unnecessary information.

A single new LaTeX command hyperref can be used for specifying how a cross-reference should appear both in the printed document and in the hypertext version.

Assuming that the label sec:cond is defined somewhere in a document the command hyperref which takes 4 arguments can be used in the same document as follows:

   

{\em Is the concept of
\hyperref
% This will be highlighted in the hypertext version
{conditional text}			% argument #1
% This will be shown in the printed version 
% followed by a numeric reference ...      
{conditional text (see Section }  	% argument #2
% ... followed by this text
{ for more information)} 		% argument #3
% This the common label 
{sec:cond}				% argument #4
a good idea? }

Here is how it will be shown:
Is the concept of conditional text a good idea?

In the printed version what would appear is:
Is the concept of conditional text (see Section XXX for more information) a good idea?

Another command also defined in html.sty is htmlref which has the same effect as hyperref during the conversion to HTML. It takes two arguments, some text and a label. In the HTML version the text will be ``hyperized'' pointing to the label. In the paper version the text will be shown as it is and the label will be ignored eg

With {\tt htmlref} \htmlref{it's easy to make links}{fig:example}.

In the HTML version it will be shown as:
With htmlref it's easy to make links.



Riichiro Saito
1995年08月30日(水) 09時35分08秒 JST