General ⇒ Partial ToC for Chapters with fancy Headings

[localghost]

[…] Yes, I used this commands following the suggestion of Lapo Mori tutorial "Writing a thesis with LaTeX". […]

Although this article is quite good, it is five years old and needs an update especially regarding useful packages.

[…] I made some minor changes to your code to better mimic (I hope) the original fncychap Conny style […] What do you think about it?[…]

Do not use commands like \rm. They are old LaTeX2.09 syntax and thus deprecated. Since we are sing LaTeX2ε, a command like \rmfamily should be used to alter font styles. In this case you can drop it completely because the Roman font family is already selected by \normalfont.

[…] what are your suggestions if I have to deal with a numbered chapter, but I don't want a partial toc? Just for my curiosity, I don't think it will be necessary for my thesis. […]

I don't have suggestions. In my opinion this would be inconsistent. And if there would be a chapter without headings of a lower level (section, subsection, …) that go into the partial ToC, there is something wrong with the document structure.

[gioboske]

Although this article is quite good, it is five years old and needs an update especially regarding useful packages. [...]

Did you refer to some packages in particular? In my old thesis' preamble I load many packages, the most important ones (for me) are reported below:

• ucs
• inputenc (utf8x option)
• fontenc with T1 option
• algpseudocode for non-floating objects for pseudo code
• the AMS family packages (amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb)
• mathpazo (with sc and osf options) for fonts to typeset mathematics to match Palatino
• geometry to control margins
• babel and babelbib
• indentfirst for first paragraph indentation (useful for Italian language)
• graphicx
• microtype
• fancyvrb
• caption with font=footnotesize and hang options
• hypcap for adjusting the anchors of captions
• hyperref
• frontespizio for frontispiece for Italian theses
• epigraph

[...] Do not use commands like \rm. They are old LaTeX2.09 syntax and thus deprecated. Since we are sing LaTeX2ε, a command like \rmfamily should be used to alter font styles. [...]

Ok, got it.

[...] I don't have suggestions. In my opinion this would be inconsistent. And if there would be a chapter without headings of a lower level (section, subsection, …) that go into the partial ToC, there is something wrong with the document structure.

I agree.

[localghost]

[…] Did you refer to some packages in particular? […]

The article mentions e.g. enumerate for lists and SIunits for units. Both are obsolete.

[…] In my old thesis' preamble I load many packages, the most important ones (for me) are reported below […]

I only comment on packages where I have concerns.

• ucs
• inputenc (utf8x option)

Not necessary for documents in Italian. The utf8 option for inputenc is enough. A possible replacement for inputenc could be selinput.

Code: Select all

\usepackage{selinput}     % Replacement for »inputenc«
\SelectInputMappings{     % Semi-automatic input selection
  agrave={à},             % by a list of selected glyphs
  egrave={è},             % see: http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/opentype/glyphlist.txt
  Euro={€}
}

• hypcap for adjusting the anchors of captions

Not necessary because a modern caption or hyperref package should do the job quite good. Check that for good measure.

By the way, we are getting off topic.

[gioboske]

By the way, we are getting off topic.

Sorry for that, it's my fault.

Thanks again for your suggestions!
Giorgio