diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/base.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/base.scrbl
index 95a39c1f..3d2f68a7 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/base.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/base.scrbl
@@ -433,9 +433,7 @@ Generates a literal hyperlinked URL.}
[#:underline? underline? any/c #t])
element?]{
-Inserts the hyperlinked title of the section tagged @racket[tag], but
-elements in the title content with the @racket['aux] @tech{style property}
-are omitted in the hyperlink label.
+Inserts a reference to the section tagged @racket[tag].
If @racket[#:doc module-path] is provided, the @racket[tag] refers to
a tag with a prefix determined by @racket[module-path]. When
@@ -453,8 +451,18 @@ reach the @racket[tag] section. When @racket[#:doc] is not provided,
the @racket[prefixes] path is relative to any enclosing section (i.e.,
the youngest ancestor that produces a match).
-If @racket[underline?] is @racket[#f], then the hyperlink is rendered
-in HTML without an underline.}
+For HTML output, the generated reference is the hyperlinked title of
+the elements in the section's title content, except that elements with
+the @racket['aux] @tech{style property} are omitted in the hyperlink
+label. If @racket[underline?] is @racket[#f], then the hyperlink is
+rendered in HTML without an underline.
+
+For Latex output, the generated reference's format depends on the
+document style. By default, only the section number is shown in the
+reference, but the @racketmodname[scribble/manual] style shows the
+title after the section number. Customize the output (see
+@secref["config"]) by redefining the @ltx{BookRef}, @|etc|, macros (see
+@secref["builtin-latex"]).}
@defproc[(Secref [tag string?]
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/config.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/config.scrbl
index 190e49ad..9db62869 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/config.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/config.scrbl
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ a @racket['multicommand] @tech{style property} for a @racket[nested-flow],
then the style name is used as a command with multiple arguments.
In addition, for an itemization, the style
string is suffixed with @racket["Item"] and used as a CSS class or Latex
-macro name to use for the itemization's items (in place of @tt{item}
+macro name to use for the itemization's items (in place of @ltx{item}
in the case of Latex).
To add a mapping from your own style name to a CSS configuration, add
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Two kinds of files implement the two kinds of configuration:
@itemize[
@item{A @deftech{prefix file} determines the @tt{DOCTYPE} line for
- HTML output or the @tt{documentclass} configuration (and
+ HTML output or the @ltx{documentclass} configuration (and
perhaps some addition package uses or other configurations) for
Latex output.
@@ -215,3 +215,55 @@ languages like @racketmodname[scribble/manual] and
@racket[latex-defaults] @tech{style property} to a main-document part only if
it does not already have such a property added through the
@racket[#:style] argument of @racket[title].
+
+@; ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@section[#:tag "builtin-latex"]{Predefined Latex Macros}
+
+The @filepath{scribble.tex} Latex configuration includes several
+macros and environments that you can redefine to adjust the output
+style:
+
+@itemlist[
+
+ @item{@ltxd[0]{preDoc} --- called before the document content; the
+ default does nothing, while the @racketmodname[scribble/manual]
+ configuration enabled @ltx{sloppy}.}
+
+ @item{@ltxd[0]{postDoc} --- called after the document content; the
+ default does nothing.}
+
+ @item{@ltxd[0]{sectionNewpage} --- called before each top-level
+ section starts; the default does nothing, while the
+ @racketmodname[scribble/manual] configuration uses
+ @ltx{newpage} to start each chapter on a new page.}
+
+ @item{@ltxd[2]{SecRef} --- the first argument is a section number,
+ and the second argument is a section title. This macro is used
+ by @racket[secref] to reference a section (other than a
+ document or top-level section within a document), and the
+ default shows ``section'' followed by the section number
+ (ignoring the title). The @racketmodname[scribble/manual]
+ redefinition of this macro shows ``ยง'', the section number, and
+ the title in quotes.}
+
+ @item{@ltxd[2]{ChapRef} --- like @ltx{SecRef}, but for a top-level
+ section with a document. The default implementation defers to
+ @ltx{SecRef}.}
+
+ @item{@ltxd[2]{BookRef} --- like @ltx{SecRef}, but for a document (as
+ opposed to a section within the document). The default
+ implementation shows the title in italic.}
+
+ @item{@ltxd[2]{SecRefUC} --- like @ltx{SecRef}, but for @racket[Secref].
+ The default shows ``Section'' followed by the section number.}
+
+ @item{@ltxd[2]{ChapRefUC} --- like @ltx{SecRefUC}, but for a top-level
+ section with a document. The default implementation defers to
+ @ltx{SecRefUC}.}
+
+ @item{@ltxd[2]{SecRefUC} --- like @ltx{BookRef}, but for @racket[Secref].
+ The default shows defers to @ltx{BookRef}.}
+
+]
+
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/core.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/core.scrbl
index 822f2bd8..2a39f127 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/core.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/core.scrbl
@@ -485,11 +485,11 @@ line-wrapped, unless a vertical alignment is specified for the cell
through a @racket[table-cells] or @racket[table-columns]
@tech{style property}. To get a line-wrapped paragraph, use a
@racket[compound-paragraph] or use an element with a string style and
-define a corresponding Latex macro in terms of @tt{parbox}. For Latex
+define a corresponding Latex macro in terms of @ltx{parbox}. For Latex
output of blocks in the flow that are @racket[nested-flow]s,
@racket[itemization]s, @racket[compound-paragraph]s, or
-@racket[delayed-block]s, the block is wrapped with @tt{minipage} using
-@tt{linewidth} divided by the column count as the width.}
+@racket[delayed-block]s, the block is wrapped with @ltxe{minipage} using
+@ltx{linewidth} divided by the column count as the width.}
@defstruct[itemization ([style style?]
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ A @techlink{compound paragraph} has a @tech{style} and a list of
For HTML, a @racket[paragraph] block in @racket[blocks] is rendered
without a @tt{<p>} tag, unless the paragraph has a style with a
non-@racket[#f] @tech{style name}. For Latex, each @tech{block} in
-@racket[blocks] is rendered with a preceding @tt{\noindent}, unless
+@racket[blocks] is rendered with a preceding @ltx{noindent}, unless
the block has the @racket['never-indents] property (checking
recursively in a @racket[nested-flow] or @racket[compound-paragraph]
if the @racket[nested-flow] or @racket[compound-paragraph] itself has
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/utils.rkt b/collects/scribblings/scribble/utils.rkt
index c0c9ac31..fa4459c5 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/utils.rkt
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/utils.rkt
@@ -220,3 +220,10 @@
#,(if hidden? #'""
#'(textsample line in-text out-text more))))))]
[_ (raise-syntax-error #f "no separator found in example text")])))
+
+(provide ltx ltxe ltxd)
+(define (ltx s) (tt "\\" s)) ; command
+(define (ltxe s) (tt s)) ; enviornment
+(define (ltxd n s)
+ (make-element #f (cons (index (list s) (ltx s))
+ (for/list ([i (in-range n)]) (tt "{}")))))