General ⇒ Section numbers w/dots + referencing

[otoomet]

Hi,

I have to use section numbers with dots like

1. Introduction

I changed the \thesection command as following:

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    \def\thesection{\arabic{section}.}

However, now the while referencing to a section, I get the dot there too
e.g.

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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:a}

See Section \ref{sec:a} where ...

Becomes

See Section 1. where ...

What is the smartest way to remove the dot in the text while referencing to it?

Thanks in advance,
Ott

[balfonsi]

I use the titlesec package, which lets you format sections and all that stuff (about) as you wish. So my def for the section number is the default one (just \arabic{section}). The package has a \titlelabel{#1} command which in your case would be, say,
\titlelabel{\thesection.\quad}
That's the simplest way to go, I think, but you can do VERY sophisticated layouts for sections, headers,tocs and so on.
Best regards,

B.A.

[otoomet]

Thank you,

exactly what I was looking for!

Ott