Document Classes ⇒ Change book for sections/chapter marks

[jean88]

I hope this is the right section for this question. I need to change the format of the chapter marks.

Code from book.cls

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\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  \vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \huge\bfseries \@chapapp\space \thechapter
        \par\nobreak
        \vskip 20\p@
      \fi
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }}

Changing this for my needs isn't a problem but when I 'm using this with apacite \bibliography layout keeps the ancient layout from the book class. Can this be solved?

Another question. I need to change the section and subsections in this was.
1.2.3 Test Section
where Test would be aligned left to the margin. (1.2.3 is in the margin)

Any ideas?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Jean,

welcome to the board!
I recommend to redefine the macro \@makeschapterhead too, because \bibliography is using the starred macro \chapter*.

Concerning \section etc. you could redefine the \section macro and change the \@startsection parameters there.

But have a look at the titlesec package, this package is very useful for changing the design of chapter or section titles.

Stefan

[jean88]

For some reason this won't work. (I just made a few minor changes to test)

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\documentclass{book}
\makeatletter
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \huge\bfseries \@chapapp\space \thechapter
        \par\nobreak
        \vskip 10\p@
      \fi
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
		\bfseries #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\chapter{Test chapter}
\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{referenties}
\end{document}

Titlesec won't display a title for the bibliography at all. At least, I got the sections in a sort of layout I want for my memoir.

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}

\titleformat{\section}[block]
  {\normalfont\sffamily} %format
  {\begin{tabbing} \=\=  \kill \> \thesection \' \> #1 \end{tabbing}} %label
  {0pt} %sep
  { } %before 
	{}%after

\titlespacing*{\section}
  {0pt}{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{2.3ex plus .2ex}

\titleformat{\subsection}[block]
  {\normalfont\sffamily} %format
  {\begin{tabbing} \=\=  \kill \> \thesubsection \' \> #1 \end{tabbing}} %label
  {0pt} %sep
  { } %before 
	{}%after

\titlespacing*{\subsection}
  {0pt}{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{2.3ex plus .2ex}

\titleformat{\chapter}[block]
  {\normalfont\sffamily} %format
  {\begin{tabbing} \=\=  \kill \> \thechapter \' \> #1 \end{tabbing}} %label
  {0pt} %sep
  { } %before 
	{}%after

\titlespacing*{\chapter}
  {0pt}{3.5ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}{2.3ex plus .2ex}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Test chapter}
\section{Test section}
\subsection{Test subsection }

\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{referenties}

\end{document}

Many thanks in advance.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You did not redefine \@makeschapterhead but only \@makechapterhead.

Stefan

[jean88]

Thx, that works. Any idea why titlesec won't do that? For the moment I need to change chapters in that way en the sections with titlesec. If I want to change the sections without titlesec I suppose change must be made in the \@sectionstart command. In which file can I find that command?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You will find the definition of \@startsection in the file latex.ltx.

Stefan

[jean88]

I found it here: C:\MiKTeX 2.8\tex\latex\ltxmisc\section.sty

Seems very difficult to change that. I ll keep the titlesec solution. For the titlesec solution I have one more question:

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\titleformat{\chapter}[block]
  {\normalfont\sffamily} %format
  {\begin{tabbing} \=\=  \kill \> \thechapter \' \> #1 \end{tabbing}} %label
  {0pt} %sep
  { } %before
   {}%after

From the examples I found I'm a bit confused with the last three arguments. What do they stand for when using option "block"?

Anyway, thanks for the already provided answers.


EDIT: another litle question. If I want to use another font for everything (including the titlesec definitions) is there a way to do that? And if I need an Arial or Times New Roman font?

[jean88]

I have some problems with the spacing. Adding a tabbing environment in the title headings adds space before and after that environment. Is there a way to set the space before and after to 0 points so I can use the \titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{0pt}{14pt} as a normal spacing?

PS: I solved my question:

From the examples I found I'm a bit confused with the last three arguments. What do they stand for when using option "block"?

[jean88]

Another question. I need to change the section and subsections in this was.
1.2.3 Test Section
where Test would be aligned left to the margin. (1.2.3 is in the margin)

Just for the community. I solved my problem with titlesec (which caused layout problems) :

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%BEGIN: hanging section numbers http://tug.org/pipermail/texhax/2005-November/005054.html
\makeatletter
  \def\@seccntformat#1{%
       \protect\makebox[0pt][r]{%
              \csname  the#1\endcsname\quad}}
\makeatother
%END