more citation tweaks

chapters/ch08_citingsimple.tex

@@ -102,8 +102,41 @@ \section{What style to choose}
 }
 \end{lstlisting}
 
+With these addition, and the biblatex configuration in \vref{snip:bibconfig}, you get the more pleasing bibliography in \vref{fig:fontysharvard}
+which hase back references as an additional bonus. These will not work in the image above, but do work with this \textcite{latexcompanion} citation.
+
+A screenshot (still ugly, but useful for once) in \vref{fig:activecitation} shows what that looks like in the pdf-viewer \textbf{evince} on a ubuntu box.
+
+\begin{lstlisting}[language=TeX,caption={\label{snip:bibconfig}Using \texttt{shorthand} for label and \texttt{sortname}for sorting}]
+%% citation and bibliography style.
+%% This style depends on 'sortname' and 'shorthand' fields in the bib file.
+%% This gives you control on what is shown in the labels.
+%% If you ommit the shorthand, the styles fall back to a numeric label
+\usepackage[
+backend=biber,
+hyperref=true,
+backref=true,
+]{biblatex}
+\DefineBibliographyStrings{english}{
+  backrefpage={cited on p.},
+  backrefpages={cited on pp.}
+}
+% end citation bibliography style.
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\begin{figure}
+  \shadowbox{\parbox{\linewidth}{
+  \centering \includegraphics{images/fontysharvard.pdf}}}
+  \caption{\label{fig:fontysharvard}Labels same as with the citations.}
+\end{figure}
+
+
+\begin{figure}
+   \centering \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{images/activecitation.png}
+  \caption{\label{fig:activecitation}Citations called out when pointed to in evince.}
+\end{figure}
+
+As most \LaTeX\ documentation, with a complete installation you can use the command \texttt{texdoc biblatex} to be presented with the
+documentaton of \textbf{biblatex} in this example in the default pdf viewer.
 
-As most documentation, with a complete installation, you may want to
-use the command \texttt{texdoc biblatex} to be presented with the
-documentaton of \textbf{biblatex} in this case in the default pdf viewer.
 

simplest.tex

@@ -5,56 +5,18 @@
 \usepackage[colorlinks=true, citecolor=blue]{hyperref}
 
 \usepackage[
-%style=authoryear,
 backend=biber,
 hyperref=true,
 backref=true,
 ]{biblatex}
 
 \usepackage{listings}
-%\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
 \addbibresource{references.bib}
 
-% here the doc begins
-% \DeclareCiteCommand{\cite}
-%   {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
-%   {\usebibmacro{citeindex}%
-%    \printtext[bibhyperref]{\usebibmacro{cite}}}
-%   {\multicitedelim}
-%   {\usebibmacro{postnote}}
 
-% \DeclareCiteCommand*{\cite}
-%   {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
-%   {\usebibmacro{citeindex}%
-%    \printtext[bibhyperref]{\usebibmacro{citeyear}}}
-%   {\multicitedelim}
-%   {\usebibmacro{postnote}}
-
-% \DeclareCiteCommand{\parencite}
-%   {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
-%   {\usebibmacro{citeindex}%
-%    \printtext[bibhyperref]{[\usebibmacro{cite}]}}
-%   {\multicitedelim}
-%   {\usebibmacro{postnote}}
-
-% \makeatletter
-% \newrobustcmd*{\parentexttrack}[1]{%
-%   \begingroup
-%   \blx@blxinit
-%   \blx@setsfcodes
-%   \blx@bibopenparen#1\blx@bibcloseparen
-%   \endgroup}
-
-% \AtEveryCite{%
-%   \let\parentext=\parentexttrack%
-%   \let\bibopenparen=\bibopenbracket%
-%   \let\bibcloseparen=\bibclosebracket}
-% \makeatother
 \DefineBibliographyStrings{english}{
    backrefpage={cited  p.},
-%  backrefpage={},
    backrefpages={cited pp.}
- % backrefpages={}
 }
 
 \begin{document}
@@ -101,6 +63,6 @@ \section*{What it looks like}
   \item made with {\color{PineGreen}\tt{}\lstinline#Text cite looks like this ``\textcite{texbook}''#} 
   \end{itemize}
 \end{itemize}
-\clearpage
+\clearpage\pagenumbering{gobble}
 \printbibliography
 \end{document}