Document Classes ⇒ tocloft and \cftchapfont

[Keith Emmert]

Hey all,

The command

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\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\normalfont}

does not seem to work.

I need to have one entry of my table of contents -- at the chapter level -- unbolded. Ideas?

I'm using a class built upon REPORT.

Keith

[gmedina]

Hi Keith,

you could try using

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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\normalfont Some entry}

[Keith Emmert]

Cool!

That does work for the entry title...unfortunately the associated page number is still bolded.

And no,

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\renewcommand{\cftchappagefont}{\normalfont}

doesn't work.

It's only one entry, I could edit the TOC file and place appropriate commands...I just don't want to have to tell my thesis students to do it....

Keith

[Juanjo]

Try this:

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{One}
\section{One.One}
Text

\addtocontents{toc}{\string\let\string\cftchapfont\string\mdseries}
\addtocontents{toc}{\string\let\string\cftchappagefont\string\mdseries}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Unbolded entry}
\addtocontents{toc}{\string\let\string\cftchapfont\string\bfseries}
\addtocontents{toc}{\string\let\string\cftchappagefont\string\bfseries}

\chapter{Two}
Text
\end{document}

[Keith Emmert]

Hey!

That worked.

Now, can you explain why that works?

Also, why does the docs in TOCLOFT "let me down?"

Keith

[phi]

The problem is that \addcontentsline writes only a line of the form \contentsline{chapter}{heading}{page} without any formatting information into the TOC file. The formatting is done when the TOC file is read in (i.e., when \tableofcontents is executed). As you cannot control individual entries during this execution, the formatting has to go directly into the TOC file.
Another possibility that doesn't require this direct writing could be a temporary redefenition of \thepage, which is expanded during writing:

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\begingroup
  \renewcommand*\thepage{\textmd{\arabic{page}}}
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\textmd{Some entry}}
\endgroup

[Juanjo]

phi,
I'm afraid that, in this case, your code doesn't work. The TOC just contains the page number, without any format that the redefinition of \thepage could apply.

Keith
From the answer of gmedina, it follows that, in fact, it is not necessary to temporarily redefine \cftchapfont. So, a simpler approach could be:

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\addtocontents{toc}{\string\let\string\cftchappagefont\string\mdseries}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\mdseries Unbolded entry}
\addtocontents{toc}{\string\let\string\cftchappagefont\string\bfseries}

As explained by phi, the \addtocontents commands write in the TOC file the necessary commands to temporarily change the page format. Open the .toc file and have a look. Note that the \string command is required to put in the file exactly the command right after. If you remove \string, such a command is expanded before being written, yielding weird results.

[phi]

phi,
I'm afraid that, in this case, your code doesn't work. The TOC just contains the page number, without any format that the redefinition of \thepage could apply.

You're right, \protected@write redefines \thepage locally as unexpandable, so that it is expanded during the output routine. So you have to circumvent \addcontentsline and use \addtocontents:

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\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\contentsline{section}{\mdseries Some entry}{\mdseries\thepage}}

Unfortunately, this doesn't work with hyperref. Here is something that works, but is probably still too unportable:

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\begingroup
  \patchcmd\addcontentsline
    {\contentsline{#2}{#3}{\thepage}}%
    {\contentsline{#2}{#3}{\mdseries\thepage}}%
    {\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\texorpdfstring\mdseries{}Some entry}}%
    {}
\endgroup

[Keith Emmert]

Thanks to everyone for your information!

Keith