Document Classes ⇒ Add a period after a heading's numbering in the memoir class

[charlax]

Hi everybody,

I am using the memoir class, I don't know if this is right so I can change if your solution requires it. I want to add a period after a heading's numbering. Instead of:

A Chapter one

I would like to get:

A. Chapter one

I tried:

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\chapterstyle{section}
\renewcommand{\afterchapternum}{.\space}

But I get an extra space after the heading numbering:

A . Chapter one

Do you have an idea?

In the mean time, I would the same appearance in the TOC. Even with my modification, I still get the following line in the TOC:

A Chapter one........................................... 1

Thank you very much,

Charles

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Charles,

welcome to the board!
Instead of redefining \afterchapnum you could redefine \thechapter:

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\renewcommand*\thechapter{\Alph{chapter}.}

Stefan

[charlax]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for your answer, but now I get this in the header:

A.. Chapter one

Isn't there way to set the period after the number only in headings (and TOC)?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Isn't there way to set the period after the number only in headings (and TOC)?

For sure there is, but because there are many possible settings with the memoir class just show us your settings (preamble or minimal working example), the behavior above is not default.

Stefan

[charlax]

Here is my preamble :

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,extrafontsizes,twoside]{memoir} 

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{calayout}

Here is my calayout.sty:

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%% calayout.sty 	\copyright Charles-Axel Dein 2009
%% Licensed under CC BY-SA
\ProvidesPackage{calayout}[2009/04/20]

% PACKAGES
\usepackage{cacommands}
\usepackage{indentfirst} % ident on first line of par, even after headings
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{hyperref} % create links in the document
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx} % to insert images


% LAYOUT

\settrimmedsize{297mm}{210mm}{*} 
\setlength{\trimtop}{0pt} 
\setlength{\trimedge}{\stockwidth} 
\addtolength{\trimedge}{-\paperwidth} 
\settypeblocksize{634pt}{448.13pt}{*} 
\setulmargins{4cm}{*}{*} 
\setlrmargins{*}{*}{1.5} 
\setmarginnotes{17pt}{51pt}{\onelineskip} 
\setheadfoot{\onelineskip}{2\onelineskip} 
\setheaderspaces{*}{2\onelineskip}{*} 
\checkandfixthelayout 

\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{bch}

\setsecnumdepth{paragraph} % Numbering down to...

%%% HEADERS & FOOTERS
\pagestyle{ruled} % try also: empty , plain , headings , ruled , Ruled , companion

\chapterstyle{section}
\renewcommand*\thechapter{\Alph{chapter}.}
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\arabic{subsection}.\arabic{subsubsection}}
\renewcommand{\theparagraph}{\arabic{subsection}.\arabic{subsubsection}.\arabic{paragraph}}

% TOC
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3} % TOC down to...
\setlength{\cftbeforesectionskip}{5pt}

% Abstract
\renewcommand{\abstractnamefont}{\chaptitlefont}
\renewcommand{\abstractname}{Executive Summary}

Here is my cacommands.sty:

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%% cacommands.sty 	copyright Charles-Axel Dein 2009
%% Licensed under CC BY-SA
\ProvidesPackage{cacommands}[2009/04/20]

\usepackage{hyperref}

\newcommand{\email}[1]{\href{mailto:#1}{\nolinkurl{#1}}}

% Une commande sembleble à \rlap ou \llap, mais centrant son argument
\def\clap#1{\hbox to 0pt{\hss #1\hss}}%
% Une commande centrant son contenu (à utiliser en mode vertical)
\def\ligne#1{%
  \hbox to \hsize{%
    \vbox{\centering #1}}}%
% Une comande qui met son premier argument à gauche, le second au 
% milieu et le dernier à droite, la première ligne ce chacune de ces
% trois boites coïncidant
\def\haut#1#2#3{%
  \hbox to \hsize{%
    \rlap{\vtop{\raggedright #1}}%
    \hss
    \clap{\vtop{\centering #2}}%
    \hss
    \llap{\vtop{\raggedleft #3}}}}%
% Idem, mais cette fois-ci, c'est la dernière ligne
\def\bas#1#2#3{%
  \hbox to \hsize{%
    \rlap{\vbox{\raggedright #1}}%
    \hss
    \clap{\vbox{\centering #2}}%
    \hss
    \llap{\vbox{\raggedleft #3}}}}%
% La commande \maketitle
\def\maketitlememoire{%

\calccentering{\unitlength} 
\begin{adjustwidth*}{\unitlength}{-\unitlength} 
  %\thispagestyle{empty}\vbox to \vsize{%
    \haut{}{\@blurb}{}
    \vfill
    \ligne{\Huge \@title}
    \vspace{10mm}
    \ligne{\Large \@author}
    \vspace{1mm}\ligne{\small \email{\@emailaddress}}
    \vspace{1cm}
    \vfill
    \vfill
    \bas{}{\@location, \@date}{}
  %  }%
    \end{adjustwidth*} 

  \cleardoublepage
  }
% Les commandes permettant de définir la date, le lieu, etc.
\def\date#1{\def\@date{#1}}
\def\author#1{\def\@author{#1}}
\def\title#1{\def\@title{#1}}
\def\location#1{\def\@location{#1}}
\def\blurb#1{\def\@blurb{#1}}
\def\emailaddress#1{\def\@emailaddress{#1}}
% Valeurs par défaut
\date{\today}
\author{}
\title{}
\location{}
\blurb{}
\emailaddress{no email address}

I'm looking at what could change the default behaviour...

[Stefan Kottwitz]

With this minimal example I'm getting the period correctly without changes:

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,extrafontsizes,twoside]{memoir}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{calayout}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Test}
text
\end{document}

Perhaps you don't need to change anything, because it's done in those style files?

Stefan

[charlax]

Yes, but then when you begin a new odd page:

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,extrafontsizes,twoside]{memoir}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{calayout}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Test}
text
\clearpage

Test
\end{document}

You get an extra period in the header.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Ah, ok, in that case let's redefine the \chaptermark macro:

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\makeatletter
\renewcommand*\chaptermark[1]{%
  \markboth{%
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \thechapter\ %
      \fi
    \fi
    #1}{}%
}
\makeatother

The original \chaptermark has a period after \thechapter inside its definition.

Stefan

[charlax]

Thanks Stefan, it's working now. I'm a beginner, but could we consider this behaviour a bug in the memoir class? Wouldn't it be more logical to have the numbering definition (including the period) in only one place?

I'm now trying to have the same with section, I try to replicate your code but I get nothing in the header where the section title should appear...

Here is what I tried:

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\renewcommand*\chaptermark[1]{%
  \markboth{%
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \thechapter\ %
      \fi
    \fi
    #1}{}%
}
%%% THE SAME FOR SECTION
\renewcommand*\sectionmark[1]{%
  \markboth{%
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \thesection\ %
      \fi
    \fi
    #1}{}%
}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I'm considering the period inside \chaptermark as bad code too. Regarding \sectionmark, its original definition with ruled pagestyle (inside \@ruledmarks of memoir.cls) is

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\def\sectionmark##1{\markright{##1}}

and you could redefine it in your document this way:

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\renewcommand*\sectionmark[1]{\markright{\thesection\ #1}}

Stefan