General ⇒ Seperate List of Appendices

[S_David]

Hello,

How can I generate a seperate list of appendices? For example for the following code:

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,openany]{memoir}
\usepackage{appendix}
\begin{document}
\appendixpage
\appendix
\chapter{Case 1}
\chapter{Case 2}
\end{document}

Thanks in advance

[gmedina]

Hi,

can you please explain your request in more detail? By "list of appendices" do you mean a list similar to a table of contents but including only the appendices?

[S_David]

Hi,

can you please explain your request in more detail? By "list of appendices" do you mean a list similar to a table of contents but including only the appendices?

I meant that exactly. A seperate list of appendices.

[gmedina]

So, the appendices should appear in the new "List of Appendices", but not in the standard Table of Contents, is that correct?

Also, do you want to include the modifications that you requested in this other thread?

[S_David]

So, the appendices should appear in the new "List of Appendices", but not in the standard Table of Contents, is that correct?

Also, do you want to include the modifications that you requested in this other thread?

Yes, right.

[gmedina]

Hi,

in the code below I defined a new list similar to a ToC, but that will be used to list the appendices: add \listofappendices in the place where you want the new list to appear.

I also used the titlesec package to format subsubsections headers as those of standard chapters, but allowing two appendices to start on the same page. Each appendix will be created now with

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\subsubsection{name}

and must be included in the new list by using

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\addcontentsline{app}{myappendix}{name}

The appendix package is no longer necessary.

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,openany]{memoir}
\usepackage{titlesec}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\listappname{List of Appendices}
\newcommand\listofappendices{%
    \chapter*{\listappname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\listappname}{\MakeUppercase\listappname}}%
    \@starttoc{app}}
\newcounter{myapp}
\newcommand*{\l@myappendix}[2]{%
  \stepcounter{myapp}%
  \ifnum \c@tocdepth >\m@ne
     \vskip \cftbeforechapterskip
    {\leftskip \cftchapterindent\relax
     \rightskip \@tocrmarg
     \parfillskip -\rightskip
     \parindent \cftchapterindent\relax\@afterindenttrue
     \interlinepenalty\@M
     \leavevmode
     \@tempdima \cftchapternumwidth\relax
     \let\@cftbsnum \cftchapterpresnum
     \let\@cftasnum \cftchapteraftersnum
     \let\@cftasnumb \cftchapteraftersnumb
     \advance\leftskip \@tempdima \null\nobreak\hskip -\leftskip
     {\cftchapterfont\Alph{myapp}\enspace #1}\nobreak
     \cftchapterfillnum{#2}}
  \fi}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\listofappendices

\chapter{A regular test chapter}
\section{A regular test section}
\chapter{Another regular test chapter}
\section{Another regular test section}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% End of main chapters.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}[display]
  {\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{\appendixname\ \Alph{subsubsection}}{20pt}{\Huge}
\titlespacing*{\chapter} 
  {0pt}{20pt}{20pt}
\clearpage

{\centering\LARGE\bfseries Appendices\par\vskip20pt}

\subsubsection{Case 1}
\markboth{}{}
\addcontentsline{app}{myappendix}{Case 1}
\subsubsection{Case 2}
\addcontentsline{app}{myappendix}{Case 2}

\end{document}

[S_David]

Thanks gmedina, I really appreciate your help. But I have questions: Is this mean that I can not use the standard \subsubsection{} any more after its new definition? Further, when I applied this to my code, the appendices appeared at the Table of Contents as subsubsections and in a seperate list.

How can I learn how to program my own commands? I understand nothing from your code.

Thanks in advance

[gmedina]

Thanks gmedina, I really appreciate your help.

You are welcome.

...Is this mean that I can not use the standard \subsubsection{} any more after its new definition?

Yes. If you use \subsubsection in the appendices, they won't behave as before... let me know if you don't use \paragraph in your appendices and I will make the corresponding modifications so that the subsubsections won't be changed.

...Further, when I applied this to my code, the appendices appeared at the Table of Contents as subsubsections and in a seperate list.

Let's solve the problem with the subsubsections first, and then we'll take care of this. Please chack if your code include a line like this one:

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\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}

If so, please report the exact line of code.

...How can I learn how to program my own commands? I understand nothing from your code.

Three sources will help you: 1) A good LaTeX book/manual (The LaTeX Companion, for example). 2) Packages documentation (available in CTAN). 3) Practice.

[S_David]

Hello gmedina,

So far, I don't use \subsubsection{} control sequence in the appendices, it was just a question.

Yes I have the following control sequence:

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\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}

Does this line cause the problem I mentioned?

Ok, I will try to read some books and tutorials to learn how to program my own commands.

Best regards

[gmedina]

Hi,

yes, that line causes the appendices to be included in the standard ToC. To solve this problem, please tell me which is the first sectional unit that you are sure that you won't use in your document; I mean, obviously you use \chapter and \section, but which one of the following is the first one you won't use: \subsection, \subsubsection, \paragraph, \subparagraph?