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13 Mar
2014
13 Mar
'14
4:45 p.m.
i know that \cite can be called like \cite[ref], \cite{ref}, \cite[options][ref], and \cite[options]{ref} is there a difference between curly braces and brackets? what options apart from “start”, “end”, “data”, and “alternative” does it know, and how do “data” and “alternative” work? best, philipp