On 23 Apr 2008 at 9:57, Rene Stephenson wrote: > It seems that at some point in time someone had mentioned setting up a TOC > at the first of a chapter as a text inset so that it would auto-update > when you generate the FM book file. (Maybe I'm dreaming...) > > Well, I have come upon a situation where I could use that to track the > chapter contents list as well as a quick-reference guide to the tables for > various configurations in a chapter. However, I can't seem to get it to > work properly. > > I tried creating the "standalone" TOC for the relevant chapter using the > desired subheadings, saved that file in with my other text insets and > Alt-F,I,F (by reference) and it doesn't update when I update the text > insets. Same problem with the chapter LOT that I set up the same way. At > least the failure is consistent. :-\
Rene, Yes, the updating calls for discipline fromt the user side - and hence I was happy to get the itl script DocToc. See http://www.itl.eu/156.html?&L=1 This script is powerful, but not free. Klaus Daube ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Docu + Design Daube; Sch?racher 11; CH-8053 Z?rich Technical documentation & consultancy; On-line and paper Phone: +41-44-422 86 25 FAX: +41-44-422 82 78 E-mail: ddd at daube.ch Web: www.daube.ch/