Page Layout ⇒ Space between chapter number and chapter title.

[zulkarnain]

Hi all,
First of all, sorry for my english grammar.
I am writing the thesis, could be submit to the external examiner soon.
I am using the original ruthesis.sty with some modification.
here i show the part of it.

%================================================================
\def\l@chapter#1#2
{\addpenalty{-\@highpenalty}
\addvspace{1.5em plus 1pt} % space above chapter line
\@tempdima 6em % width of box holding chapter number
\begingroup
\parindent \z@ \rightskip \@pnumwidth
\parfillskip -\@pnumwidth
\bf % Boldface.
\leavevmode % TeX command to enter horizontal mode.
\advance\@tempdima %% added 5 Feb 88 to conform to
-\leftskip %% 25 Jan 88 change to \numberline
#1\hfill\nobreak\hbox to \@pnumwidth{\hss #2}\par
\endgroup}
%=================================================================

I don't know how to explain my problem and i hope this picture can help.


thanks a lot

Regards.

[gmedina]

Hi,

apparently, you are using a non-standard document class (ruthesis.cls?) and maybe also a non-standard style file (ruthesis.sty?). Please provide a link to a page so that we can download those non-standard files and do some tests.

[zulkarnain]

hi gmedina,
first of all thanks for your quick reply.
the ruthesis.sty can be found here.
i hope you can download and then test.

[gmedina]

Hi,

I tried to make a simple example with the file you provided but immediately got errors, so I couldn't do any tests... furthermore, the file you provided is an old LaTeX2.09 style file.

At this point, all I can suggest you is a) Switch, if possible, to a recent document class or b) if not posiible, contact the designer or the maintainer of that old style file.

[zulkarnain]

thank you for suggestion.
i should reorganize the sty file.

still dont know how to solve the problem.
i am stuck at this for a few weeks.
the rest of document is okay, but the only problem is how to put some spaces between chapter number and chapter title.
can anyone suggest anything?

[localghost]

As gmedina already suggested, contact the maintainer of the package and ask for accommodations to the current LaTeX2e. Describe the occurring problems exactly as you did in this forum. Please report new insights as soon as you get them.


Best regards
Thorsten