General ⇒ Special format of chapter and problem with line pitch

[MeinsMeins]

Hey there,

I am actually writing on my Master's Thesis with Latex.

Now I got two problems:

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1. Title
\textbf{\Huge{Text in Line 1\\Text in Line 2\\Text in Line 3}}\\

Problem:
The line pitch between "Text in Line 1" and "Text in Line 2" is correct in the pdf. But the line pitch between "Text in Line 2" and "Text in Line 3" is much smaller?
Do you know, what will be the reason for this? If you need more information, please tell me.

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2. Contents and Chapternames
I would like to have the following:
Content
1. Chaptername
1.1. Sectionname
1.1.1 ...
2. Chaptername
2.1. Sektionname
2.1.1....

The difficulty lies in the text itself, because this should look like this:

1. Chapter
_______________
Chaptername
_______________
1.1. Sectionname

So in the first place there should be written 1. Chapter, 2. Chapter ... But this shall not be in the content. After this the chaptername shall be written together with two lines in the top and buttom of it. the chaptername itself shall not contain any chapternumber in this position - but in the content there must be the chapternumber.

Has anybody an idea how to code this?

Best regards.

[gmedina]

Hi,

you could use the titlesec/titletoc packages. However, these packages don't cooperate with the AMS document classes. If you are using one of those classes, let us know and we will suggest another option.

[MeinsMeins]

hey, thanks for the fast reply. I am pretty new to latex, that's why I would like you to ask, if you probably have any example on my specific problem regarding titlesec?

[gmedina]

...if you probably have any example on my specific problem regarding titlesec?..

The package documentation contains examples that you could easily adapt according to your needs. Take a look at the following simple code:

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\documentclass{book} 
\usepackage{titlesec}

\renewcommand\thechapter{\arabic{chapter}.}
\renewcommand\thesection{\thechapter\arabic{section}.}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
  {\bfseries\LARGE}{\Huge\thechapter\ \LARGE\chaptertitlename }
  {1ex}{\titlerule\vspace{1ex}\filright}[\vspace{1ex}\titlerule]
\titlespacing*{\chapter}
  {0pt}{30pt}{20pt}

\begin{document} 

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

\end{document}

[MeinsMeins]

Awesome, that's it. Thanks a lot!