Writing a paper for class, in IEEE format. In-text citations use [x] where x is the number of the reference. Professor is strict about references being numbered based on order of appearance (first reference is [1], second reference is [2], etc). This makes it really hard to input newly found references in previously written sections, since then I have to go through and change all the previous ones to [x+1]. Is there a program or feature that helps with this?

Edit: Hey everyone thanks for the recommendations! I really do appreciate it.

  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    You can name them with a string that helps you identify them while you’re editing, then only when you’re finished run search and replace to replace those names with numbers.

    Or I guess you could write it in MediaWiki which does exactly this automatically with its references feature. 😁