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From: st@heike.uucp (Stefan Timphus)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Problem with Table of Contents
Message-ID: <2865@laura.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 90 15:16:50 GMT
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I am the original poster.  Thanks for the answers.
Raymond, you are right I should have read the internals docs. When I did
so, after posting here, I came up with the following solution. To my excuse
I must say that I didn't expect it to be this easy.

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%
% TOC_ENTRY.STY of 13 Dec 90
% written by Stefan Timphus
%
% Will produce the right space for sectionnumbers in the tableofcontents
% Necessary for entries where the number for each kind of section
% is greater 10 (e.g. "12.14.18 Sectionname")
% When using the original definition the first letter of the sectionname
% overwrites the last number of the sectionnumber
%
% call adjustments with command \adjustSTYLENAME
%

\typeout{`toc_entry.sty' 1.0 of 13 Dec 90}

%
% HERE ARE THE ORIGINAL DEFINITIONS
%

% article.sty
%
%\def\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{1.5em}{2.3em}}
%\def\l@subsubsection{\@dottedtocline{3}{3.8em}{3.2em}}
%\def\l@paragraph{\@dottedtocline{4}{7.0em}{4.1em}}
%\def\l@subparagraph{\@dottedtocline{5}{10em}{5em}}

% report.sty and book.sty
%
%\def\l@section{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}}
%\def\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{3.8em}{3.2em}}
%\def\l@subsubsection{\@dottedtocline{3}{7.0em}{4.1em}}
%\def\l@paragraph{\@dottedtocline{4}{10em}{5em}}
%\def\l@subparagraph{\@dottedtocline{5}{12em}{6em}}

%
% MODIFICATIONS
%

\newlength{\twonum}
        \settowidth{\twonum}{99.99.}
\newlength{\threenum}
        \settowidth{\threenum}{99.99.99.}
\newlength{\fournum}
        \settowidth{\fournum}{99.99.99.99.}
\newlength{\fivenum}
        \settowidth{\fivenum}{99.99.99.99.99.}
\newlength{\sixnum}
        \settowidth{\sixnum}{99.99.99.99.99.99.}

\newcommand{\adjustarticle}
{\def\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{1.5em}{\twonum}}
\def\l@subsubsection{\@dottedtocline{3}{4.0em}{\threenum}}
\def\l@paragraph{\@dottedtocline{4}{7.8em}{\fournum}}
\def\l@subparagraph{\@dottedtocline{5}{10.4em}{\fivenum}}}

\newcommand{\adjustreport}
{\def\l@section{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{\twonum}}
\def\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{4.0em}{\threenum}}
\def\l@subsubsection{\@dottedtocline{3}{7.8em}{\fournum}}
\def\l@paragraph{\@dottedtocline{4}{10.4em}{\fivenum}}
\def\l@subparagraph{\@dottedtocline{5}{12.6em}{\sixnum}}}

\newcommand{\adjustbook}{\adjustreport}

% end of TOC_ENTRY.STY

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I think setting the lenghts can be done automatically by processing
the information from the .toc file. But since I am no TeX-guru I don't
know how to do it. So any improvements are welcome.
                   
                                 Stefan


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