[XeTeX] Inactive citation links with hyperref and natbib

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 16.09.2010 um 11:22 schrieb Pierre Morel:

> The problems arise when I cite a paper in the French text, such as  
> "french french french \citep{Author:year} french french french". I  
> could surround each \citep command by \selectlanguage{english}... 
> \selectlanguage{french}, but it's certainly not elegant !

Not always. The declaration as French would only be needed in cases  
when TeX would hyphenate non-English words at the wrong places.  
(That's mainly what Babel or Polyglossia are needed here – except, you  
want certain characters mixed into cited titles, names, and years  
appear according to French typography rules. Non-French bibliographies  
often don't pay so much attention here.)

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Greetings

   Pete

The mathematician who pursues his studies without clear views of this  
matter, must often have the uncomfortable feeling that his paper and  
pencil surpass him in intelligence.
				– Ernst Mach