[OS X TeX] Automatic labeling for references

[Peter Pagin]

Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
> On Apr 5, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Peter Pagin wrote:
>
>> I thought a little more about it.
>>
>> Why not define a new counter, \newcounter{labb},
>> and a new command, like 
>> \newcommand[1]{\lab}{\label{#1}\stepcounter{labb}}
>
> 1) Without writing anything in the document, I am getting the error 
> message
>
> Missing \endcsname inserted.
> <to be read again>
>        \@ne
> l.82             \newcommand[1]
>             {\lab}{\label{#1}\stepcounter{labb}}
>
> Companion2ed p905 says
>
>     Missing \endcsname inserted
>         This error can arise from using commands as part of the name 
> of a counter or environment
>
> So, the error seems to occur as LaTeX is reading the \newcommand but I 
> have no idea what the above means.
>
>> Then in the document run \lab{newlabel}\thelabb. Typeset and check 
>> the output result of \thelabb. Replace "newlabel" with that result, 
>> and delete "\thelabb". One has to make sure to get the value from the 
>> end of the document, even the label is put into the middle. So it is 
>> sort of quarter-automatic. But if 391 \lab commands have been given, 
>> the next gets the label content "392".
>> Maybe of no interest.
>
> I have a feeling that this is what I want but I won't know for sure 
> until I can fix the \newcommand,
>
> Hopeful regards
> --schremmer
Sorry about that. I had misplaced the '[1]'. It should be
\newcommand{\laban}[1]{\label{#1}\stepcounter{labb}}

Peter
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