Question

Is it possible to attach a marker to just a place in text, not to section, sub-section, etc.?

This is what I’m trying to achieve:

\begin{document}
Alex (see~\ref{alex}) is a boy, 
Jessica (see~\ref{jessica}) is a girl.
[...]
\label{alex}\ref{alex}: Alex Johnson: 4 y.o.
\label{jessica}\ref{jessica}: Jessica D.: 5 y.o.
\end{document}

I want to get something like this:

Alex (see 1) is a boy, 
Jessica (see 2) is a girl.
[...]
1: Alex Johnson: 4 y.o.
2: Jessica D.: 5 y.o.

Makes sense?

Answer 1

This is the solution:

\newcounter{foo}
Alex (see~\ref{alex}) is a boy, 
Jessica (see~\ref{jessica}) is a girl.
[...]
\refstepcounter{foo}\thefoo\label{alex}: Alex Johnson: 4 y.o.
\refstepcounter{foo}\thefoo\label{jessica}: Jessica D.: 5 y.o.

Posted by Will at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/4021/how-to-set-a-marker-counter-label-to-an-arbitrary-piece-of-text