Document Classes ⇒ Setting Book Counter and Language

[MCon]

Hi,

I'm using memoir to typeset a trilogy of fiction books.

I am typesetting them separately (three independent .tex files). I am actually machine generating the LaTeX source with a custom program, but this should not matter here.

I am unable to grasp how to correctly use the \book command.

Obviously I must manually set the book number (at least for second and third book).

I tried using \setcounter{book}{2}\book{Mondo Antico}, but LaTeX always prints "Book I".

This is wrong twice: It should be the second book and it should be localized to Italian; I would like to get something like "Libro II".

What is the right spell?

TiA
Mauro


My current full prologue (if useful) is:

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Code, edit and compile here:

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\documentclass[12pt,ebook,italian,onecolumn,twoside,titlepage,extrafontsizes,draft]{memoir}
\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{quotmark}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{ifdraft}
\usepackage[final]{microtype}
% God quoting
\newcommand{\gqt}[1]{\tqt{\scshape #1}}
% Scene separator command
\newcommand{\stars}{\begin{center} * * *\\ \end{center}}
% Set default font families
\usepackage{pslatex}
% Eliminate completely header (longer text)
\addtolength{\textheight}{\headheight}
\setheadfoot{0pt}{\footskip}
\addtolength{\textheight}{\headsep}
\setheaderspaces{*}{0pt}{*}
% Define a new pagestyle called 'my'
\makepagestyle{my}
\makeevenfoot{my}{\thepage}{}{}
\makeoddfoot{my}{}{}{\thepage}
%
\author{Mauro Condarelli}
\title{Mondo Antico}
\begin{document}
%
\frontmatter
\maketitle
%
\mainmatter
\chapterstyle{companion}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
\pagestyle{my}
\isopage
\setcounter{book}{2}
\book{Mondo Antico}
%
 
 
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[cgnieder]

Welcome to the LaTeX community.

If I run your (far from minimal) example I get what I expected:

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The name »Book« is hard-coded into »memoir« and does not recognize »babel«. You can redefine it easily, though:

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\renewcommand*\bookname{Libro}
 
 
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Regards