3.8 fancyref: Fancy Cross References

fancyref is a LaTeX package where a macro call like \fref{fig:map-of-germany} creates not only the number of the referenced counter but also the complete text around it, like ‘Figure 3 on the preceding page’. In order to make it work you need to use label prefixes like ‘fig:’ consistently - something RefTeX does automatically. When you want to make a reference with the \fref macro, just press the V key in the selection buffer to cycle between \ref, \fref and \Fref (see Referencing Labels). The mode line of the selection buffer shows the current status of this switch. If this cycling seems inconvenient, you can also use the commands reftex-fancyref-fref and reftex-fancyref-Fref¹. Or use AUCTeX to create your macros (see AUCTeX).