From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Alan E. Davis" Subject: Re: Page numbering in manual Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:44:43 +1000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2126573900==" Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53805 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PVP06-0004EK-5R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:45:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PVP04-00050f-TI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:45:06 -0500 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:40687) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PVP04-00050Z-L9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:45:04 -0500 Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so5242183wyj.0 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:45:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: org-mode --===============2126573900== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e0cb4e43cfadd6484b0497fff510 --e0cb4e43cfadd6484b0497fff510 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Updating this to, I hope, clarify my request. I see that to convert to LaTeX is a chore, and don't know whether the file would be amenable to tweaks, like using the chappg LaTeX package. Texinfo is a black box for me. I am guessing that the best way to do this is to convert the Texinfo source into LaTeX. The numbering scheme I am proposing would be at a highest section, or chapter, level: A-1; C-26 , etc. OR 1.1 4.5 etc. Then if one had the manual as hardcopy, in a binder, he could print out the chapter in question, and the TOC. Maybe some manner of dictionary Alan "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value." --- R. Buckminster Fuller On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > Is it possible to tweak page numbering in the manual, with each chapter > having it's separate sequence? > > The manual is fairly extensive. If a chapter has changed even in a minor > way, the numbering of subsequent chapters is also affected. With > chapter-by-chapter page numbering, once could keep the manual in a binder, > and swap out chapters one by one, as needed. > > Is there a way to do this with a simple latex tweak? I can't remember > this. > > Alan Davis > > > "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow > them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value." > > --- R. Buckminster Fuller > > --e0cb4e43cfadd6484b0497fff510 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Updating this to, I hope, clarify my request.=A0 I see that to convert to L= aTeX is a chore, and don't know whether the file would be amenable to t= weaks, like using the chappg LaTeX package.

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On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Alan E.= Davis <lngndvs@g= mail.com> wrote:
Is it possible to tweak page numbering in the manual, with each chapter hav= ing it's separate sequence?

The manual is fairly extensive.=A0 I= f a chapter has changed even in a minor way, the numbering of subsequent ch= apters is also affected.=A0 With chapter-by-chapter page numbering, once co= uld keep the manual in a binder, and swap out chapters one by one, as neede= d.

Is there a way to do this with a simple latex tweak?=A0 I can't rem= ember this.

Alan Davis


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