Re: heading numbering in LaTeX export?

[Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>]

Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> writes:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have a LaTeX template I created for use with org-mode, to export to PDF
>> via LaTeX using xelatex.
>>
>> I don't edit LaTeX directly, I just generate from org-mode. This works
>> perfectly for me except for one thing: it only works when I have heading
>> numbering turned on.
>>
>> When I turn numbering off in org-mode, by adding this line to my org-mode
>> file...
>>
>>     #+OPTIONS:   num:nil
>>
>> ...LaTeX no longer recognizes my headings as headings. This creates two
>> problems:
>>
>> 1. The Table of Contents is blank.
>
> This is because, when you set num:nil, Org exports headings to LaTeX
> using the \section*{} command, not the usual \section{}.  LaTeX does not
> put sections defined with \section* (or \chapter*, \part*, etc.) in the
> table of contents. 
>
> Thus, if you still want all sections to show up in your table of
> contents, you probably don't want to set num:nil.  If you just want
> section numbers not to show up in section titles, there's probably a
> simple way to do this in LaTeX by redefining a command, but I can't find
> it right now; maybe someone else here knows.  Once you know the LaTeX
> command, you can set it on Org via

#+LATEX: \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}

Or just

#+OPTIONS: num:0

–Rasmus

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