Tagging and referencing custom counters | Typst | Page 1

sick shore Dec 20, 2023, 1:06 PM

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Hello! I want to make a custom counter and reference it later (with a link or something). The following works for the counter (following the docs):

#let p_count = counter("principle")
#let principle() = [
  #p_count.step()
  Principle #p_count.display("A")
]

I use it in text with bla bla bla #principle() bla bla and it correctly renders as "bla bla bla Principle A bla bla". Now i want to reference to the same position in the text with something like #principle()<myprinciple> followed by @myprinciple, but the engine complains that you "cannot reference sequence".

Thanks for any help!

minor blaze Dec 20, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Yep, that's annoying. The current workaround afaik is making a dummy figure, the ref docs list referencable elements.

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Reference Function – Typst Documentation

Documentation for the ref function.

sick shore Dec 20, 2023, 2:27 PM

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Oh - right. That is indeed annoying. I'll try with the workaround. Thanks!

sick shore Dec 20, 2023, 2:58 PM

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I can't seem to make it work... Could you provide an example?

#Tagging and referencing custom counters