Re: TOC (newbie question)
Peter Bradley wrote: I'm trying to add a TOC to my document - a paper I'm giving later this year. I've done what it says to do in the help: Insert --> List / TOC --> Table of Contents The 'Table of Contents' button appears and if I click on it, a listing appears in a window at the left. However no TOC appears in my dvi document, just the legend, 'Contents'. I guess your document doesn't have anything that gets listed in the TOC then. See below. This is my first proper attempt to create a document using LyX, so I'm probably misunderstanding something at a fairly fundamental level. Apologies if that is the case. The TOC will list chapters, sections, subsections and so on. It will not list the unnumbered chapter*, section*, subsection* and so on. (The purpose of "section*" is when you want a heading, but no entry in the TOC. And of course no number, it does not make sense to number something that isn't listed in the TOC anyway.) So make sure you use the numbered variants. If you don't want to have numbers printed, use this menu: Document->Settings->Numbering & TOC. Here you can turn unwanted numbering off, and also decide what will be listed in your TOC. (Some people want subsections and subsubsections listed, some do not.) Helge Hafting
Re: TOC (newbie question)
stephen's mailinglist account wrote:
I can do it with ERT is there a LyX or other more elegant way?
ERT way adds following
\setcounter{section}{0}
after subsequent section headers. I guess you could redefine \part in
latex preamble or put into a module even and use it as a custom inset?
\makeatletter
\...@addtoreset{section}{part}
\makeatother
rh
That is a better way
Thanks to all of you.
I've decided to leave it as it is because, on reflection, I think it's
right.
And possibly partly because I don't understand the TeX/LATEX stuff
properly. It's on my TODO list, but has been for some years now. :(
If I reorient my thinking such that Parts are logical divisions and
Sections are actual divisions, it all makes sense.
I'm grateful for all the help. Thanks.
Cheers
Peter
Re: TOC (newbie question)
>> I can do it with ERT is there a LyX or other more elegant way?
>>
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>> ERT way adds following
>> \setcounter{section}{0}
>> after subsequent section headers. I guess you could redefine \part in
>> latex preamble or put into a module even and use it as a custom inset?
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> \makeatletter
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> \...@addtoreset{section}{part}
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> \makeatother
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> rh
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>
That is a better way
--
Stephen
Re: TOC (newbie question)
On 01/17/2010 12:03 PM, stephen's mailinglist account wrote:
Might I be permitted a supplementary?
Now that all the various bits are numbered, I notice that all the Sections
number sequentially regardless of their location within Parts. So I get:
Part I
Section 1
Section 2
Part II
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Part III
Section 6
... and so on.
Is there any way I can get the Section numbering to restart inside each
Part?
RTFM is a suitable answer if it comes with a reference to the appropriate
part of the manual :)
Thanks again
Cheers
Peter
I can do it with ERT is there a LyX or other more elegant way?
ERT way adds following
\setcounter{section}{0}
after subsequent section headers. I guess you could redefine \part in
latex preamble or put into a module even and use it as a custom inset?
\makeatletter
\...@addtoreset{section}{part}
\makeatother
rh
Re: TOC (newbie question)
On 01/17/2010 11:37 AM, Peter Bradley wrote:
Rob Oakes wrote:
Hi Peter,
It's important to make sure that you are using the numbered styles
for your table of contents (e.g section, subsection).
If you are using unnumbered styles (e.g section* , subsection*; note
the asterisk) they will appear in your document map but not in your
table of contents.
Pretty basic, but this might cause the behavior you describe.
Cheers,
Rob Oakes
Yes. Thanks Rob, and others. That's the fix.
Might I be permitted a supplementary?
Now that all the various bits are numbered, I notice that all the
Sections number sequentially regardless of their location within
Parts. So I get:
Part I
Section 1
Section 2
Part II
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Part III
Section 6
... and so on.
Is there any way I can get the Section numbering to restart inside
each Part?
This is a LaTeX thing. IN the preamble:
\makeatletter
\...@addtoreset{section}{part}
\makeatother
Or you can use the chngcntr package, which is available from CTAN, if
you don't have it.
Note that this will not change the display in LyX. To do that, you need
to redefine the section counter in LyX, probably using a module. See
Chapter 5 of the Customization manual. This is a two-liner.
rh
Re: TOC (newbie question)
> Might I be permitted a supplementary?
>
> Now that all the various bits are numbered, I notice that all the Sections
> number sequentially regardless of their location within Parts. So I get:
>
> Part I
> Section 1
> Section 2
> Part II
> Section 3
> Section 4
> Section 5
> Part III
> Section 6
>
> ... and so on.
>
> Is there any way I can get the Section numbering to restart inside each
> Part?
>
> RTFM is a suitable answer if it comes with a reference to the appropriate
> part of the manual :)
>
> Thanks again
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Peter
>
>
I can do it with ERT is there a LyX or other more elegant way?
ERT way adds following
\setcounter{section}{0}
after subsequent section headers. I guess you could redefine \part in
latex preamble or put into a module even and use it as a custom inset?
--
Stephen
Re: TOC (newbie question)
Rob Oakes wrote: Hi Peter, It's important to make sure that you are using the numbered styles for your table of contents (e.g section, subsection). If you are using unnumbered styles (e.g section* , subsection*; note the asterisk) they will appear in your document map but not in your table of contents. Pretty basic, but this might cause the behavior you describe. Cheers, Rob Oakes Yes. Thanks Rob, and others. That's the fix. Might I be permitted a supplementary? Now that all the various bits are numbered, I notice that all the Sections number sequentially regardless of their location within Parts. So I get: Part I Section 1 Section 2 Part II Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Part III Section 6 ... and so on. Is there any way I can get the Section numbering to restart inside each Part? RTFM is a suitable answer if it comes with a reference to the appropriate part of the manual :) Thanks again Cheers Peter
Re: TOC (newbie question)
Aha. Something I just discovered. Nice to have it confirmed. --- On Sun, 1/17/10, Rob Oakes wrote: > From: Rob Oakes > Subject: Re: TOC (newbie question) > To: "Peter Bradley" > Cc: "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org" > Received: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 11:08 AM > Hi Peter, > > It's important to make sure that you are using the numbered > styles for your table of contents (e.g section, > subsection). > > If you are using unnumbered styles (e.g section* , > subsection*; note the asterisk) they will appear in your > document map but not in your table of contents. > > Pretty basic, but this might cause the behavior you > describe. > > Cheers, > > Rob Oakes > > Sent from Rob's Palm > > On Jan 17, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Peter Bradley > wrote: > > > stephen's mailinglist account wrote: > >> What type (class) of document are you > working on (article, report, book)? > >> > >> What sections, chapters, subsections do you expect > to see? > >> > >> > > Hi Stephen, > > > > Thank you for the reply. > > > > It's an 'article (paper)' > > > > The document has a number of parts with appropriate > sections, sub-sections and sub-sub-sections. All > un-numbered. These are what I'm expecting to see. > > > > The document map that appears to the left of the > editor when I insert a TOC looks fine. It just doesn't > appear in the final document. > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Peter > > > __ Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
Re: TOC (newbie question)
Hi Peter, It's important to make sure that you are using the numbered styles for your table of contents (e.g section, subsection). If you are using unnumbered styles (e.g section* , subsection*; note the asterisk) they will appear in your document map but not in your table of contents. Pretty basic, but this might cause the behavior you describe. Cheers, Rob Oakes Sent from Rob's Palm On Jan 17, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Peter Bradley wrote: stephen's mailinglist account wrote: What type (class) of document are you working on (article, report, book)? What sections, chapters, subsections do you expect to see? Hi Stephen, Thank you for the reply. It's an 'article (paper)' The document has a number of parts with appropriate sections, sub- sections and sub-sub-sections. All un-numbered. These are what I'm expecting to see. The document map that appears to the left of the editor when I insert a TOC looks fine. It just doesn't appear in the final document. Cheers Peter
Re: TOC (newbie question)
I'm running the LyTex portable version of LyX 1.6.5 and I seem to be getting the same results with an Article class document. I get the heading Contents but nothing else untill the first paragraph of the text. A quick change to Book class gives me what appears to be a Chapter heading Contents and then a running header Contents. No actual ToC appears. Strange --- On Sun, 1/17/10, Peter Bradley wrote: > From: Peter Bradley > Subject: Re: TOC (newbie question) > To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Received: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 10:01 AM > stephen's mailinglist account wrote: > > What type (class) of document are you working on > (article, report, book)? > > > > What sections, chapters, subsections do you expect to > see? > > > > > Hi Stephen, > > Thank you for the reply. > > It's an 'article (paper)' > > The document has a number of parts with appropriate > sections, sub-sections and sub-sub-sections. All > un-numbered. These are what I'm expecting to see. > > The document map that appears to the left of the editor > when I insert a TOC looks fine. It just doesn't appear > in the final document. > > Cheers > > > Peter > > __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Re: TOC (newbie question)
stephen's mailinglist account wrote: What type (class) of document are you working on (article, report, book)? What sections, chapters, subsections do you expect to see? Hi Stephen, Thank you for the reply. It's an 'article (paper)' The document has a number of parts with appropriate sections, sub-sections and sub-sub-sections. All un-numbered. These are what I'm expecting to see. The document map that appears to the left of the editor when I insert a TOC looks fine. It just doesn't appear in the final document. Cheers Peter
Re: TOC (newbie question)
2010/1/17 Peter Bradley : > William Seager wrote: >> >> On Sunday 17 January 2010 at 08:24, Peter Bradley wrote: >> >>> >>> The 'Table of Contents' button appears and if I click on it, a listing >>> appears in a window at the left. However no TOC appears in my dvi document, >>> just the legend, 'Contents'. >>> >>> >> >> well - just to be sure of the basics, do you have the appropriate >> "List in TOC" settings in Tools-Documents-Lists & TOC? >> >> > > Yes. That's the right place to start. :) > > Actually I don't have Tools-Documents-Lists & TOC. I'm using LyX 1.6.4, if > that helps. > > I do have Document --> Settings --> Number & TOC > > It has some sliders labeled 'Numbering' and 'List in Table of Contents', > which I don't understand at all. What value am I supposed to be > increasing/decreasing? > > It also has a table with the following columns: > > Example, Numbered, Appears in TOC > > Neither the sliders nor the table contents appear to be changeable. The > sliders don't slide and the table offers no means of > adding/deleting/amending its entries. > > There are also two buttons, 'Use class defaults' and 'Save as document > defaults'. I'm afraid I've no idea what they might do. > > Then there are some greyed out buttons: > - Restore > - OK > - Apply > > Finally, there is an active 'Close' button. > > Does that help? And thanks very much for the reply. It's appreciated. > > Cheers > > > Peter > > > What type (class) of document are you working on (article, report, book)? What sections, chapters, subsections do you expect to see? -- Stephen
Re: TOC (newbie question)
William Seager wrote: On Sunday 17 January 2010 at 08:24, Peter Bradley wrote: The 'Table of Contents' button appears and if I click on it, a listing appears in a window at the left. However no TOC appears in my dvi document, just the legend, 'Contents'. well - just to be sure of the basics, do you have the appropriate "List in TOC" settings in Tools-Documents-Lists & TOC? Yes. That's the right place to start. :) Actually I don't have Tools-Documents-Lists & TOC. I'm using LyX 1.6.4, if that helps. I do have Document --> Settings --> Number & TOC It has some sliders labeled 'Numbering' and 'List in Table of Contents', which I don't understand at all. What value am I supposed to be increasing/decreasing? It also has a table with the following columns: Example, Numbered, Appears in TOC Neither the sliders nor the table contents appear to be changeable. The sliders don't slide and the table offers no means of adding/deleting/amending its entries. There are also two buttons, 'Use class defaults' and 'Save as document defaults'. I'm afraid I've no idea what they might do. Then there are some greyed out buttons: - Restore - OK - Apply Finally, there is an active 'Close' button. Does that help? And thanks very much for the reply. It's appreciated. Cheers Peter
Re: TOC (newbie question)
On Sunday 17 January 2010 at 08:24, Peter Bradley wrote: > The 'Table of Contents' button appears and if I click on it, a listing > appears in a window at the left. However no TOC appears in my dvi > document, just the legend, 'Contents'. > well - just to be sure of the basics, do you have the appropriate "List in TOC" settings in Tools-Documents-Lists & TOC? -- William Seager University of Toronto Scarborough www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~seager
