LyX ⇒ Footnote numbering

[Gumbare]

How to keep Footnote numbering throughout the whole document (book).
It resets at the beginning of new chapter.
I'd like it to continue.

For example - Chapter I has five footnotes, numbered 1-5.
Chapter II has three footnoes and I'd like them to be 6, 7 and 8, but LyX (in KOMA-book) changes them to 1, 2 and 3 again.

any solutions?

[meho_r]

Put into the preamble the following:

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\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{footnote}{chapter}

More infos in chngcntr documentation.

[Gumbare]

Thanks for reply. It works - but only on output file (dvi, pdf).
Within document I still have doubled and tripled and multiplied numbering.
Is this possible to change? (just asking)

PS I just discovered that this happens in Document Class (book KOMA script) and it works normally in simple article, so I'm guessing I'd need to change something in KOMA script, right?

[meho_r]

It is not koma-script-specific. Same applies to all document classes which use chapters (in article class, the highest sectioning unit is section). Also, I don't think this has anything to do with document classes themselves, rather with LyX's interface or layouts. But how to change that, I cannot say. You might try asking about this on LyX's mailing list, if nobody here comes with a solution.

[jburkhart]

For anyone else late to the party who had the same question about LyX:

To change this sort of numbering in the LyX interface, you have to either change the LyX layout file used in your LyX document (Document > Settings > Document Class > Document Class), or you have to add it as a local layout (Document > Settings > Local Layout). See the LyX Customization Guide for documentation on LyX layout syntax, etc.

To get the numbering to be continuous across chapters, you can add this in your Local Layout:

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Counter footnote
	Within		      part
	LabelString	      "\arabic{footnote}"
End

Note that the numbering will reset across parts now, rather than chapters. If this is an issue, I expect you could define a new counter one tier higher than part, and use that instead.

Hope this helps someone else late to the party like me!