Lorenzo Paulatto wrote:
Dear LyX users, I have a small problem I wasn't able to solve myself: I have a docume ("book" class) structured in the following way: + sec*: Abstract + Table of Contents + cha: Chapter 1 + ... + cha*: Appendix + ...Using some \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{...}} I was able to include in the TOC even the un-numbered chapters and sections, but I found no way to include the TOC it itself.
A TOC entry in the TOC is usually considered unnecessary for the following reasons: 1. The only purpose of the TOC is to look up where stuff is. You don't need to look up the TOC in the TOC: When you're looking at the TOC, then you already found it! This is also the reason the TOC always is in the beginning of the document, a standard location is needed because there is nowhere to look it up. (And a "TOC entry" won't help because you still need to find the TOC before you can read it.) 2. An unnecessary entry in the TOC is best avoided, for it will occationally make the TOC one page longer. This is the reason the index tend to get omitted from the TOC, everybody knows it is at the end anyway, so no need for an entry that might cause an extra page.
This problem won't bother me much if the abstract was *after* the TOC, but with the current layout it feels like a hole in the TOC and I'll really like to fix it.
If you are really sure - go ahead. But typographers will shake their heads. . . Helge Hafting
