General ⇒ Short version of section only in header

[marbocam]

Good morning,

so my thesis has the title of the chapter/section in the header of each page. I'm using /section[short version]{long version} to reduce the text on the header, as some titles are too long. I figured the short version is also showing on my content - Is there a way to change that so that the long version shows in my content?

Two lines in my header could also work.

Thank you in advance!

[marbocam]

Btw, I tried fancyhdr but this overlaps the title with my paragraphs..

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You can use \markright or \markboth, like this:

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\section{Long Title}
\markright{Short Title}
% or \markright{Short Title}{Short Title}

Stefan

[marbocam]

Thank you for your answer, Stefan. I didn't get the expected result. This way, only the second time the title shows will it appear shortened. Plus, I'm missing the numbering.

I also realized I didn't explain myself quite well: Each page has either the title of the chapter or the title of the section (both with numbering)

[marbocam]

I managed to fix it this way:

\sectionmark{Short version}
\section{Second section: Too much text for a running head}
\sectionmark{Short versions}

EDIT: Turns out sometimes \sectionmark is ignored...

[marbocam]

When the section starts on a new page, the first \sectionmark is ignored..

I tried this, but it's still not working..


\sectionmark{On the Use of a Directly Modulated Laser in a Phase Modulated-Assisted}
\section[On the Use of a Directly Modulated Laser in a Phase Modulated-Assisted mmW Signal Generation and Transmission Link]{On the Use of a Directly Modulated Laser in a Phase Modulated-Assisted mmW Signal Generation and Transmission Link%
\sectionmark{On the Use of a Directly Modulated Laser in a Phase Modulated-Assisted}}
\sectionmark{On the Use of a Directly Modulated Laser in a Phase Modulated-Assisted}


[Stefan Kottwitz]

Perhaps use this:

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\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\gdef\rightmark{#1}}

Stefan

[marbocam]

That works fine, but removes the numbering from the header title..

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Then take

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\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\gdef\rightmark{\thesection\ #1}}

Stefan

[marbocam]

That did the trick! Thank you so much, Stefan!!