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Use Tables! » Blog Archive » Back in a land with internet — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:41:54 +0000

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By: Gijs

Gijs — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:08:09 +0000

Ben: Excellent, that works a treat! Thanks a lot!

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Absence — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:57:51 +0000

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By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:39:01 +0000

You could try:

\usepackage{ifthen}
\let\oldcite=\cite
\renewcommand\cite[1]{\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{NEEDED}}{[citation~needed]}{\oldcite{#1}}}

Then \cite{NEEDED} will produce “[citation needed]“, but \cite{RealBibTeXId} will produce [1] or whatever, and \cite{TpyoBibTeX} will produce [?]. It doesn’t work with multiple citations (\cite{Id1,Id2,NEEDED}), but that seems reasonable enough, given that if you knew one citation, you’d be ok…