Allan Rae wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Garst R. Reese wrote:
>
> > Allan Rae wrote:
> > >>
> > > How long till broadway arrives?
> > >
> > > Allan. (ARRae)
> > I have consultant report due Apr.1, just about finished. Then I should
> > be able to finish up broadway and add the documentation requested for
> > both it an hollywood. Does anyone know of a way to number sections
> > (scenes actually) like SCENE ONE, SCENE TWO? I could not find a ordinal
> > counter. It does not need to go very high, TEN max.
>
> counters in LaTeX can only be one of:
> alpha, Alpha, arabic, roman or Roman
> a,b , A,B , 1,2 , i,ii or I,II
>
> However, you could perhaps write a LaTeX command that used an
> if-then-else or a case statement to convert a counter value to a text
> string (don't ask me how). This is probably all you need. There may be a
> simple .sty file hidden away at CTAN that you could use as a basis but I'm
> not aware of any. 'enumerate.sty' lets you put labels and fancy things
> around the numbers in an enumerated list but it still doesn't convert
> those numbers to text it might offer some insights though.
>
> Allan. (ARRae)
Thanks. I think I will just have SCENE* for arbitrary numbering and
SCENE 1 etc. for enumerated scenes. Alice entered a play in a
competition that used the ONE TWO numbering, but I rarely see it.
--
Garst
