Manvi Agarwal wrote:
> Hello,
> I want to change the default format for book class of lyx for chapter
> title.
> I want to write chapter title followed by the chapter number and then
> below this I want to draw a line. Please can you help me with this.
write in preamble:
\renewcommand\thechapter{\arabic{chapter}}
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
% \vspace*{50\p@}%
{\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
\if@mainmatter
\par\nobreak
\vskip 20\p@
\fi
\fi
\interlinepenalty\@M
\Huge \bfseries \thechapter\ #1\par\normalsize%
\rule{\textwidth}{1pt}% <--- the rule
\nobreak
\vskip 40\p@
}%
}
Herbert
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