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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-addtoreset.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-addtoreset.html index d70605711fc..9d69f493457 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-addtoreset.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-addtoreset.html @@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label addtoreset</title> </head><body> <h3>Master and slave counters</h3> -<p/>It’s common to have things numbered “per chapter” (for example, in +<p/>It’s common to have things numbered “per chapter” (for example, in the standard <i>book</i> and <i>report</i> classes, figures, tables and footnotes are all numbered thus). The process of resetting is -done automatically, when the “master” counter is stepped (when the +done automatically, when the “master” counter is stepped (when the <code>\</code><code>chapter</code> command that starts chapter <<i>n</i>> happens, the <code>chapter</code> counter is stepped, and all the dependent counters are set to zero). <p/>How would you do that for yourself? You might want to number algorithms per section, or corollaries per theorem, for example. If -you’re defining these things by hand, you declare the relationship +you’re defining these things by hand, you declare the relationship when you define the counter in the first place: <blockquote> <code>\</code><code>newcounter{</code><em>new-name</em><code>}[</code><em>master</em><code>]</code> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ when you define the counter in the first place: says that every time counter <<i>master</i>> is stepped, counter <<i>new-name</i>> will be reset. <p/>But what if you have an uncooperative package, that defines the -objects for you, but doesn’t provide a programmer interface to make +objects for you, but doesn’t provide a programmer interface to make the counters behave as you want? <p/>The <code>\</code><code>newcounter</code> command uses a LaTeX internal command, and you can also use it: @@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ command without its asterisk: </blockquote><p> will do the same, and also redefine <code>\</code><code>thecorollary</code> as <<i>theorem number</i>>.<<i>corollary number</i>>, which is a good scheme -if you ever want to refer to the corollaries — there are potentially -many “corollary 1” in any document, so it’s as well to tie its number +if you ever want to refer to the corollaries — there are potentially +many “corollary 1” in any document, so it’s as well to tie its number to the counter of the theorem it belongs to. This is true of pretty -much any such counter-within-another; if you’re not using the +much any such counter-within-another; if you’re not using the <i>chngcntr</i>, refer to the answer to -<a href="FAQ-the-commands.html">redefining counters’ <code>\</code><code>the-</code>commands</a> for +<a href="FAQ-the-commands.html">redefining counters’ <code>\</code><code>the-</code>commands</a> for the necessary techniques. -<p/>Note that the technique doesn’t work if the master counter is <code>page</code>, +<p/>Note that the technique doesn’t work if the master counter is <code>page</code>, the number of the current page. The <code>page</code> counter is stepped deep inside the output routine, which usually gets called some time after the text for the new page has started to appear: so special @@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ may be applied to any counter. The command: </blockquote><p> will cause <<i>counter</i>> to be reset for each page. The package uses a label-like mechanism, and may require more than one run of LaTeX -to stabilise counter values — LaTeX will generate the usual +to stabilise counter values — LaTeX will generate the usual warnings about labels changing. <dl> -<dt><tt><i>chngcntr.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/chngcntr.sty">macros/latex/contrib/misc/chngcntr.sty</a> -<dt><tt><i>perpage.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot.zip">macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>chngcntr.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chngcntr.zip">macros/latex/contrib/chngcntr</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chngcntr/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>perpage.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot.zip">macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bigfoot/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/perpage.html">catalogue entry</a> </dl> <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=addtoreset">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=addtoreset</a> </body> |