Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!krab From: krab@iesd.auc.dk (Kresten Krab Thorup) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: LaTeX bug/feature: A matter of style? Message-ID: Date: 2 Jun 91 18:04:04 GMT References: <1991May31.094228.11053@fwi.uva.nl> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 50 In-reply-to: smagt@fwi.uva.nl's message of 31 May 91 09:42:28 GMT >>>>> On 31 May 91 09:42:28 GMT, smagt@fwi.uva.nl (Patrick van der Smagt) said: Patrick> Nntp-Posting-Host: chris.fwi.uva.nl Patrick> In the book I am writing in LaTeX I use \part, \chapter, \section, and Patrick> so on. In some cases, I want to start a \part with an introduction, Patrick> without giving this introduction a separate chapter. I.e., Patrick> \part{...} Patrick> ...Introductory text... Patrick> \chapter{...}% the first chapter of this part Patrick> ... Patrick> \chapter{...} Patrick> ... Patrick> Now, all \labels I make in the introduction get the number of the last Patrick> \chapter before the current \part. Obviously, this is not correct. You're right. The chapter counter should be initialized to zero. Patrick> But what to do about this? Since the references in that introduction Patrick> cannot get a chapter number, there are some options: Patrick> o give each label a number consisting of the part number plus Patrick> the label number (e.g., (IV.1), (IV.2), ...). Very ugly? Patrick> o only use the label number (e.g., (1), (2)). A such introduction should not need labels/references as far as I can see. Anyway - the generation of label numbers, from e.g. equations depend on how you define their numbering. Patrick> o don't use this kind of introduction, i.e., create a new Patrick> chapter for it. That is to say, no text inbetween \part and Patrick> the next \chapter. Is this correct, typographically? If so, Patrick> then why does the table of contents show the page number of Patrick> the part? That seems inconsequent. At this point I can only agree wholly hearted. In my last thesis, I changed part, so that it didn't produce line numbers in the t.o.c. This is the best solution I can see. To do this, you should just include: \let\opart\part \def\part{{\def\thepage{}\opart}} At the top of you'r document. /Kresten