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%<+package>\ProvidesPackage{mdwref}
%<+package>                [2020/09/06 1.14.0 Cross-referencing]
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%<*driver>
\input{mdwtools}
\describespackage{mdwref}
\usepackage{mdwtab}
\mdwdoc
%</driver>
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% \section{User guide}
%
% I always name my cross-reference labels with a prefix telling me what kind
% of thing they are.  A figure might be |fig:foo| or a table |tab:bar|.  When
% I refer to the thing, then, I basically have to repeat myself:
% `|see table~\ref{tab:bar}|'.  Kinda silly.
%
% \DescribeMacro\xref
% The |\xref| command understands my prefixing system.  I can say
% `|\xref{tab:bar}|' and it inserts a reference to `table~4', for example.
% This is, of course, useless if you want to put the reference at the
% beginning of a sentence: `Table~4 shows\dots'.
% \DescribeMacro\Xref
% The |\Xref| command (note the initial capital) handles this properly, so
% you just type `|\Xref{tab:bar} shows|\dots'.
%
% The full syntax of the |\xref| command is like this.
% \begin{grammar}
% <xref-command> ::= \[[
% "\\xref"
% \[ "[" <mangle> "]" \]
% "{" <reference> "}"
% \]]
% \end{grammar}
% The optional \<mangle> argument is a command to be applied to the generated
% text: it \emph{must} be a single token.  Rather than printing `table', or
% whatever, it prints \syntax{<mangle>"{table}"}.
% The most obvious application of this is the |\Xref| command, which uses a
% helper |\toupper|.
% \DescribeMacro\toupper
% The call \syntax{"\\toupper{"<stuff>"}"} typesets \<stuff> with the first
% character in uppercase.  So |\Xref| is defined simply as\footnote{Modulo
%   the fact that the author is a dreadful \TeX\ hacker.}
% \begin{listing}
%\newcommand{\Xref}[1]{\xref[\toupper]{#1}}
% \end{listing}
%
% \DescribeMacro\formatxref
% The reference itself is typeset by calling
% \syntax{"\\formatxref{"<mangle>"}{"<string>"}{"<label>"}"}, which can do as
% it pleases: the \<mangle> token is from the |\xref| invocation; the
% \<string> is category of thing being referred to (as established by
% |\defxref| below); and \<label> is the label, again from |\xref| .  The
% default behaviour is to print
% \syntax{<mangle>"{"<string>"}~\\ref{"<label>"}"}, but this can be
% overridden.
% (Not quite true: in fact, the default does something better if
% \package{hyperref} is detected, but the idea is basically the same.)
%
% All that remains is to define the strings to be typeset for various kinds
% of labels.
% \DescribeMacro\defxref
% For this, we use the |\defxref| command:
% \begin{grammar}
% <definition> ::= \[[
% "\\defxref"
% "{" <prefix> "}"
% "{" <string> "}"
% \]]
% \end{grammar}
% The \<prefix> is what you put on the front of your labels; the \<string> is
% the string to be typeset by |\xref|.
%
% A number of useful prefixes are already defined, following my usual
% preferences; they're shown in \xref{tab:defs}.
% \begin{table}
%   \begin{tabular}[C]{ll} \hlx*{hv}
%   \textbf{Prefix} & \textbf{Text} \\ \hlx{vhv}
%     \texttt{ch}       & chapter $n$                                   \\
%     \texttt{app}      & appendix $n$                                  \\
%     \texttt{sec}      & section $n$                                   \\
%     \texttt{def}      & definition $n$                                \\
%     \texttt{th}       & theorem $n$                                   \\
%     \texttt{lem}      & lemma $n$                                     \\
%     \texttt{prop}     & proposition $n$                               \\
%     \texttt{cor}      & corollary $n$                                 \\
%     \texttt{fig}      & figure $n$                                    \\
%     \texttt{tab}      & table $n$                                     \\
%     \texttt{eq}       & equation $n$                                  \\
%     \texttt{i}        & item $n$                                      \\
%     \texttt{ex}       & exercise $n$                                  \\
%   \hlx*{vh}\end{tabular}
%   \caption{Predefined reference prefixes}
%   \label{tab:defs}
% \end{table}
%
% \implementation
% \section{Implementation}
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
%<*package>
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% The following quark will be useful.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\q@delim{\q@delim}
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% \begin{macro}{\defxref}
% Defining prefixes is easy.  We store the text for each prefix in a macro
% called \syntax{"\\xref$"<prefix>}.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\defxref#1#2{%
  \expandafter\def\csname xref$#1\endcsname{#2}%
}
%    \end{macrocode}
% \end{macro}
%
% \begin{macro}{\formatxref}
% Output a cross-reference in the right way.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\formatxref#1#2#3{%
  \ifx\hyperref\@@undefined #1{#2}~\ref{#3}%
  \else \hyperref[#3]{#1{#2}~\ref*{#3}}\fi%
}
\def\xref@fallback#1{\formatxref\relax{?\texttt{#1}}{#1}}
%    \end{macrocode}
% \end{macro}
%
% \begin{macro}{\xref}
% We're meant to typeset a reference.  The first job is to see whether
% there's an optional argument.  If so, grab it; otherwise |\relax| will do.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\xref{\@ifnextchar[\xref@{\xref@[\relax]}}
\def\xref@[#1]#2{\xref@@{#1}#2:\q@delim:\q@delim:\q@delim\q@delim}
%    \end{macrocode}
% Right; now we abuse \TeX's argument parser to pick apart the reference
% label, which ought to have the form \syntax{<prefix>":"<suffix>}.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\xref@@#1#2:#3:\q@delim#4\q@delim\q@delim{%
%    \end{macrocode}
% So, |#1| is the optional command, or |\relax|.  |#2| should be the
% prefix, and |#3| the suffix.  However, if the string doesn't have any
% colons in, then |#3| will be |\q@delim|.  This is easy to check for using
% |\ifx|.
%    \begin{macrocode}
  \def\@tempa{#2}\def\@tempb{#3}%
  \ifx\@tempb\q@delim%
    \PackageError{xref}{Bad ref syntax}%
      {A reference name doesn't contain a `:'-delimited prefix.  Did you %
       mean to use plain \string\ref here?}%
     \xref@fallback{#2}%
  \else%
    \expandafter\let\expandafter\@tempa\csname xref$#2\endcsname%
    \ifx\@tempa\relax%
      \PackageError{xref}{Unknown ref kind `#2'}%
        {The ref name's prefix `#2' is unknown: either it's been mistyped %
         or there's a missing \string\defxref somewhere.}%
     \xref@fallback{#2:#3}%
    \else%
      \toks@\expandafter{\@tempa}%
      \edef\next@##1{##1{\the\toks@}}%
      \next@{\formatxref{#1}}{#2:#3}%
    \fi%
  \fi%
}
%    \end{macrocode}
% \end{macro}
%
% \begin{macro}{\toupper}
% That's the difficult stuff done.  Uppercasing is a matter of picking out
% the first letter and passing it to \TeX's |\uppercase| primitive.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\toupper#1{\toupper@#1}
\def\toupper@#1{\uppercase{#1}}
%    \end{macrocode}
% \end{macro}
%
% \begin{macro}{\Xref}
% As promised, |\Xref| is very easy.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\def\Xref{\xref[\toupper]}
%    \end{macrocode}
% \end{macro}
%
% Now all that remains is to initialize the table of prefix strings.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\defxref{ch}{chapter}
\defxref{app}{appendix}
\defxref{sec}{section}
\defxref{def}{definition}
\defxref{th}{theorem}
\defxref{lem}{lemma}
\defxref{prop}{proposition}
\defxref{cor}{corollary}
\defxref{fig}{figure}
\defxref{tab}{table}
\defxref{eq}{equation}
\defxref{i}{item}
\defxref{ex}{exercise}
%    \end{macrocode}
% And we're done!
%    \begin{macrocode}
%</package>
%    \end{macrocode}
% \nopagebreak
%
% \hfill Mark Wooding, \today
%
% \Finale
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