Thanks much. Now, how do I get this to behave more like the section command,
so that I don't end up with the heading split from the body between pages?
Also sprach Dekel Tsur:
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 06:19:27PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote:
> > Christopher M. Jones wrote:
> > > I need the numbering of sections to be placed against the left/right
> > > margin, depending on whether it appears on an odd or even page
> > > (twoside). The section text should be centered. How would I go about
> > > this?
> >
> > \renewcommand{\section}[1]{%
> > \vspace{2.3ex}\refstepcounter{section}
> > \ifthenelse{\isodd{\value{page}}}{%
> > % the oddpart
> > \normalfont\Large\bfseries%
> > \begin{center}#1\ \thesection\end{center}
> > \normalsize\normalfont\vspace{2.3ex}%
> > }{%
> > % the evenpart
> > \normalfont\Large\bfseries%
> > \hfill\begin{center}\thesection\ #1\end{center}
> > \normalsize\normalfont\vspace{2.3ex}%
> > }%
> > }
>
> The \isodd{\value{page}} is not robust.
> You should use
>
> \usepackage{chngpage}
> \renewcommand{\section}[1]{
> ...
> \ifcpoddpage%
> % the oddpart
> ...
> \else%
> % the evenpart
> ...
> \fi}
