From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: Maybe a typo in the manual? Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:39:05 -1000 Message-ID: References: <8739bmb3td.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37003) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rl1Cp-0008UH-8J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:39:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rl1Cj-0006oM-Ag for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:39:19 -0500 Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com ([66.147.249.253]:40067) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rl1Cj-0006o5-3K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:39:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <8739bmb3td.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Fran=C3=A7ois?= Pinard"'s message of "Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:29:34 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois?= Pinard Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (Fran=C3=A7ois Pinard) writes: > Hi, Org people. > > I'm not familiar with referencing in documents, so I'm not sure. The > section "11.2 Images and Tables" in the manual says: > > > You can use the following lines somewhere before the table to assign a > caption and a label for cross references, and in the text you can refer > to the object with `\ref{tab:basic-data}': > > #+CAPTION: This is the caption for the next table (or link) > #+LABEL: tbl:basic-data > | ... | ...| > > \ref says "tab:", while #+LABEL says "tbl:". Is that a typo? > > I presume, without knowing, that these prefixes are conventional, and > they do not have a preset meaning. I could have used "zzz:" if I felt > like it? > > Fran=C3=A7ois > Yes, you are correct. Tom --=20 Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com