Re: Chapter Number and Name in the footer

[Dekel Tsur]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 09:23:54AM +0200, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
> in the preamble
> 
> \let\oldChapter\chapter
> \newcommand{\ChapName}[1]{}
> \renewcommand{\chapter}[2][]{%
>       \renewcommand{\ChapName}{#2}%
>       \oldChapter[#1]{#2}%
> }
> 
> now you have the commands \thechapter for the number
> and \ChapName for the title, which you can place anywhere
> in the header/footer

There is no need for this code.
The name of the current chapter is already available with the command
\leftmark