Revised - Revised 2005 proposal for meta-data
    Jelks Cabaniss 
    jelks at jelks.nu
       
    Sun Jan  7 21:35:45 EST 2007
    
    
  
Jacob Rus wrote:
> This is a Bad Idea(TM) in my opinion.  Because labels for reference
> links are case-insensitive, this allows for all sorts of unanticipated
> inconsistencies, without much tangible benefit.  Sure, the extra pair
> of `[]`s is a bit ugly, but it's ugliness with the useful side effect
> of making the link obvious.  With this new system, it is much harder
> to tell whether [blah] is intended to be a link, or just an editorial
> insertion.  Masking that difference makes the resulting document less
> readable, especially if the reference comes much later in the
> document. 
You can still use the extra `[]`s if you prefer.  The "new system" as you
call it is not a replacement, it's an alias.  Author's choice.
/Jelks
    
    
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