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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 16-4-9 on page II-506 in "biblatex's approach to author-number references".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{183.0pt}

\setlength\parindent{0pt}
% Use biber program

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[maxcitenames=1]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{tlc.bib}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\textcite{Knuth-CT-a}                 \\
\textcite{LGC97}                      \\
\textcite[see][chap.~2]{LGC97}        \\
\textcite[see][]{LGC97}               \\
\end{document}