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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label nameref</title>
</head><body>
<h3>Referring to things by their name</h3>
-<p>LaTeX&rsquo;s labelling mechanism is designed for the impersonal world of
+<p/>LaTeX&rsquo;s labelling mechanism is designed for the impersonal world of
the academic publication, in which everything has a number: an
extension is necessary if we are to record the <em>name</em> of things
we&rsquo;ve labelled. The two packages available extend the LaTeX
sectioning commands to provide reference by the name of the section.
-<p>The <i>titleref</i> package is a simple extension which provides
+<p/>The <i>titleref</i> package is a simple extension which provides
the command <code>\</code><code>titleref</code>; it is a stand-alone package &mdash; don&rsquo;t use it
in a document in which you also need to use <i>hyperref</i>.
-<p>The <i>byname</i> package is part of the <i>smartref</i> bundle
+<p/>The <i>byname</i> package is part of the <i>smartref</i> bundle
and works well with <i>smartref</i>, and works (to an extent) with
<i>hyperref</i>, but the links it defines are not hyperlinks.
-<p>The <i>memoir</i> class incorporates the functionality of
+<p/>The <i>memoir</i> class incorporates the functionality of
<i>titleref</i>, but doesn&rsquo;t work with <i>byname</i> (though a
search of <i>comp.text.tex</i> on <a href="groups.google.com">groups.google.com</a> will
find a patch to <i>byname</i> to remedy the problem).
-<p>The <i>hyperref</i> bundle includes a package <i>nameref</i>,
+<p/>The <i>hyperref</i> bundle includes a package <i>nameref</i>,
which will work standing alone (i.e., without <i>hyperref</i>: of
course, in this mode its references are not hyperlinked). If you load
<i>hyperref</i> itself, <i>nameref</i> is automatically loaded.
<i>Memoir</i> requires the <i>memhfixc</i> when running with
-<i>hyperref</i>; however, following the sequence
+<i>hyperref</i>; following the sequence:
<blockquote>
<pre>
\documentclass[...]{memoir}
@@ -32,11 +32,27 @@ course, in this mode its references are not hyperlinked). If you load
</pre>
</blockquote><p>
<i>nameref</i> commands may be used in a <i>memoir</i> document.
-<p>Each of the name-reference packages defines a reference command
-with the same name as the package: <code>\</code><code>titleref</code>, <code>\</code><code>byname</code> and
-<code>\</code><code>nameref</code>. The <i>nameref</i> package also defines a command
-<code>\</code><code>byshortnameref</code>, which uses the optional &lsquo;short&rsquo; title argument
-to the chapter and section commands.
+<p/><i>Zref</i> defines a proposed replacement for all of the LaTeX
+reference mechanisms, and among other things provides
+name-referencing mechanisms:
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+\usepackage[user,titleref]{zref}
+...
+\section{hello}\zlabel{sec:one}
+The section name is: \ztitleref{sec:one}.
+</pre>
+</blockquote><p>
+(One might hope that something of this sort would be the &ldquo;way of the
+future&rdquo;, but things move slowly in the LaTeX world: don&rsquo;t hold
+your breath.)
+<p/>Each of <i>titleref</i>, <i>byname</i> and <i>nameref</i>
+defines a reference command with the same name as the package:
+<code>\</code><code>titleref</code>, <code>\</code><code>byname</code> and <code>\</code><code>nameref</code>. The <i>nameref</i>
+package also defines a command <code>\</code><code>byshortnameref</code>, which uses the
+optional &lsquo;short&rsquo; title argument to the chapter and section commands.
+(Although it comes from the same author, <i>zref</i> <em>doesn&rsquo;t</em>
+define a short-name variant.)
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>byname.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed with <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/smartref.zip">macros/latex/contrib/smartref</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/smartref.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/smartref/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>hyperref.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref.zip">macros/latex/contrib/hyperref</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/">browse</a>)
@@ -44,6 +60,7 @@ to the chapter and section commands.
<dt><tt><i>nameref.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed with <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref.zip">macros/latex/contrib/hyperref</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>smartref.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/smartref.zip">macros/latex/contrib/smartref</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/smartref.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/smartref/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>titleref.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/titleref.sty">macros/latex/contrib/misc/titleref.sty</a>
+<dt><tt><i>zref.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek.zip">macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/">browse</a>)
</dl>
-<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nameref">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nameref</a>
+<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nameref">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nameref</a>
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