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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-running-nos.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-running-nos.html index 1a47dabf32b..35460003b8b 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-running-nos.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-running-nos.html @@ -2,12 +2,36 @@ <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label running-nos</title> </head><body> <h3>Running equation, figure and table numbering</h3> -<p>Many LaTeX classes (including the standard <i>book</i> class) +<p/>Many LaTeX classes (including the standard <i>book</i> class) number things per chapter; so figures in chapter 1 are numbered 1.1, 1.2, and so on. Sometimes this is not appropriate for the user’s needs. -<p>Short of rewriting the whole class, one may use one of the -<i>removefr</i> and <i>remreset</i> packages; both define a +<p/>Short of rewriting the whole class, one may use the <i>chngctr</i> +package, which provides commands <code>\</code><code>counterwithin</code> (which +establishes this nested numbering relationship) and +<code>\</code><code>counterwithout</code> (which undoes it). +<p/>So if you have figures numbered by chapter as 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, ..., +the command +<blockquote> +<pre> +\counterwithout{figure}{chapter} +</pre> +</blockquote><p> +will convert them to figures 1, 2, 3, .... (Note that the command +has also removed the chapter number from the counter’s definition.) +<p/>More elaborate use could change things numbered per section to things +numbered per chapter: +<blockquote> +<pre> +\counterwithout{equation}{section} +\counterwithin{equation}{chapter} +</pre> +</blockquote><p> +(assuming there was a class that did such a thing in the first place...) +<p/>The <i>chngcntr</i> approach doesn’t involve much programming, and +the enthusiastic LaTeX programmer might choose to try the technique +that we had to use before the advent of <i>chngcntr</i>. Each of +the packages <i>removefr</i> and <i>remreset</i> defines a <code>\</code><code>@removefromreset</code> command, and having included the package one writes something like: <blockquote> @@ -28,7 +52,7 @@ way in which the figure number (in this case) is printed: </blockquote><p> (remember to do the whole job, for every counter you want to manipulate, within <code>\</code><code>makeatletter</code> ... <code>\</code><code>makeatother</code>). -<p>The technique may also be used to change where in a multilevel +<p/>This technique, too, may be used to change where in a multilevel structure a counter is reset. Suppose your class numbers figures as <<i>chapter</i>>.<<i>section</i>>.<<i>figure</i>>, and you want figures numbered per chapter, try: @@ -43,10 +67,6 @@ numbered per chapter, try: </blockquote><p> (the command <code>\</code><code>@addtoreset</code> is a part of LaTeX itself). -<p>The <i>chngcntr</i> package provides a simple means to access the -two sorts of changes discussed, defining <code>\</code><code>counterwithin</code> and -<code>\</code><code>counterwithout</code> commands; the <i>memoir</i> class also provides -these functions. <dl> <dt><tt><i>chngcntr.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/chngcntr.sty">macros/latex/contrib/misc/chngcntr.sty</a> <dt><tt><i>memoir.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip">macros/latex/contrib/memoir</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/">browse</a>) @@ -55,5 +75,5 @@ these functions. <code>\</code><code>input{removefr}</code>) <dt><tt><i>remreset.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle.zip">macros/latex/contrib/carlisle</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle/">browse</a>) </dl> -<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=running-nos">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=running-nos</a> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=running-nos">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=running-nos</a> </body> |