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  Re: Progress so far, and a new header
 
(...) I don't understand the difference -- is it just how the text is formatted, or does that number do some magic? Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
 
  Re: Progress so far, and a new header
 
(...) It's a semantic difference. - 'References' refers to other articles (ancestors). - 'Xref' is self-referential and refers both to itself and to any other copies of the same article if it has been crossposted. So copying the 'Xref' header (and (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq)

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