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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2018-02-23 19:30:01 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2018-02-23 19:30:01 +0000
commitccc63194ce7813106830c8a8755c54d89de831b4 (patch)
tree91bcd69b2af066afda949eec2877e01bf9903a95 /Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi
parent616554510f3c5def370ff9f2734796f304bdcbb0 (diff)
-min-crossrefs needs .aux removal; other doc tweaks
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@46719 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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@@ -2699,9 +2699,14 @@ entry @var{e} via their @code{crossref} field, include @var{e} in the
@t{.bbl} file, even if it was not explicitly referenced in the @t{.aux}
file. For example, @var{e} might be a conference proceedings as a whole,
with the cross-referencing entries being individual articles published
-in the proceedings. In some circumstances, you may want to avoid these
-automatic inclusions altogether; to do this, make @var{n} a sufficiently
-large number.
+in the proceedings.
+
+If you want to avoid these automatic inclusions altogether, make
+@var{n} a sufficiently large number, and be sure to remove any
+previous @t{.aux} and @t{.bbl} files. Otherwise the option may
+appear to have no effect, since Bib@TeX{} will have added the citation
+for @var{e} to the @t{.aux}, and nothing will remove it.
+
@end table
See also: