Page Layout ⇒ Problem with Headers due to '\chapter*' Command

[ydwolf]

Hi,

For my thesis, I want to work with fancy headers. I used following code:

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\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection~#1}}

\newcommand{\headerfmt}[1]{\textsl{\textsf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\headerfmtpage}[1]{\textsf{#1}}

\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\fancyhead[LO]{\headerfmt{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[RE]{\headerfmt{\leftmark}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{ % eerste bladzijde van een hoofdstuk
  \fancyhf{}
  \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
  \fancyhead[LO]{\headerfmt{\rightmark}}
  \fancyhead[RE]{\headerfmt{\leftmark}}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}

But the problem is, this doesn't work because I am using the \chapter* command, so latex doesn't capture my chapter* titles. Can somebody tell me what to do? Tnx!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

after \chapter* you can call \chaptermark manually.

Stefan

[ydwolf]

Tnx for your reply.
But how should I do that exactly?
The following doesn't seem to work.

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\chapter*{1. Inleiding}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}

This either:

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\chapter*{{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\MakeUppercase{#1}} 1. Inleiding}

Should I still put this command in my preamble?

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\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Call it, don't redefine it:

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\chapter*{1. Inleiding}
\chaptermark{1. Inleiding}

The redefinition belongs to the preamble, keep it there.

However, it's unusual to do manual numbering with \chapter*. \chapter* is for unnumbered headings, \chapter for numbered.

Stefan