I'm trying to get sorted citations when they are in a group, that is, within a \cite{}, but unsorted or in order of appearance when they are called from different \cite macros.
Basically, what I want is not to worry about the group of citations that are within the macro, and sort them automatically. Simultaneously, I would like to maintain the unsorted or other nature of the bibliography style.
I guessed that the cite package should take care of it. But apparently it doesn't change the sorting scheme of the bibliography style in the unsorted case.
MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@book{a,
author = {A},
year = {2001},
title = {A},
}
@book{b,
author = {B},
year = {2002},
title = {B},
}
@book{c,
author = {C},
year = {2003},
title = {C},
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage{cite}
\begin{document}
\cite{b,a,c}
\bibliographystyle{ieeetr}
\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}

