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Hi
I'd lke to have my chapter working this way : \chapter{Something #Number_of_that_specific_chapter}

I haven't find how to made this working.
I'm pretty sure it's possible.

Any idea/help ?

Thanks
D.

Hi Stephan

About "I think I would have used a counter and a self-made heading command." : i'm a Latex newbie, I think I'm enable to do that :D

For "my" solution, I've just glue together two solutions I've found on the Internet. It's not very sexy, or accurate, but it works enough for me.

Best ...

Well, this is working.
I'm happy.


\documentclass[a4paper,14pt,oneside]{extbook}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{xpatch}

\makeatletter

\xpatchcmd{\@makeschapterhead}{%
\Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak%
}{%
\Huge \bfseries ...

Hi there.

Well, it seems everything is almost in the subject :)

Let's explain more.

In a book, I'm trying to have the number (juste the number) of each chapter in the center of the page, and newpage when a new chapter begins

The result should look like :

1 (centered)

Lorem ipsum dolor sit ...