On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 13:34 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
> 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.)
I think this is a little inconsiderate and close-minded to tell everyone
that your way is the right way and that there is no need for inclusive
of the TOC in the TOC.
For example, I will be trying to write my master's thesis in LyX and due
to the formatting requirements of the University the TOC must be listed
in the TOC.
A simple way of including the TOC is the tocbibind package.
Just my 2cents.
Bob Lounsbury
> 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
