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-<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label the-commands</title>
-</head><body>
-<h3>Redefining counters&rsquo; <code>\</code><code>the-</code>commands</h3>
-<p/>Whenever you request a new LaTeX counter, LaTeX creates a bunch
-of behind-the-scenes commands, as well as defining the counter
-itself.
-<p/>Among other things, <code>\</code><code>newcounter{</code><em>fred</em><code>}</code> creates a command
-<code>\</code><code>the</code><code><em>fred</em></code>, which expands to &ldquo;the value of
-<code><em>fred</em></code>&rdquo; when you&rsquo;re typesetting.
-<p/>The definition of <code>\</code><code>the</code><code><em>fred</em></code> should express the
-value of the counter: it is almost always always a mistake to use the
-command to produce anything else. The value may reasonably be
-expressed as an arabic, a roman or a greek number, as an alphabetic
-expression, or even as a sequence (or pattern of) symbols. If you
-need a decision process on whether to re-define
-<code>\</code><code>the</code><code><em>fred</em></code>, consider what might happen when you do
-so.
-<p/>So, for example, if you want your section numbers to be terminated by
-a period, you could make <code>\</code><code>thesection</code> expand with a terminating
-period. However, such a change to <code>\</code><code>thesection</code> makes the
-definition of <code>\</code><code>thesubsection</code> look distinctly odd: you are going to
-find yourself redefining things left, right and centre. Rather, use
-the standard techniques for
-<a href="FAQ-seccntfmt.html">adjusting the presentation of section numbers</a>.
-<p/>Or, suppose you want the page number to appear at the bottom of each
-page surrounded by dashes (as in
-&ldquo;<code>-</code><code>-~</code><code>nnn~-</code><code>-</code>&rdquo;).
-If you try to achieve this by redefining <code>\</code><code>thepage</code>, problems will
-arise from the use of the page number in the table of contents (each
-number will have the dashes attached), and <code>\</code><code>pageref</code> references
-will be oddly modified. In this case, the change of appearance is
-best done by redefining the page style itself, perhaps using
-<a href="FAQ-fancyhdr.html">package <i>fancyhdr</i></a>.
-<p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=the-commands">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=the-commands</a>
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