Re: @chapter starting at specified number

[pietru]

> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 1:07 AM
> From: "Patrice Dumas" <pertusus@free.fr>
> To: pietru@caramail.com
> Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: @chapter starting at specified number
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 02:52:37PM +0200, pietru@caramail.com wrote:
> > I dot not see it solving the problem.  If I have one chapter in a file, 
> > could I make it
> > show as chapter 5.  I have been using @unnumbered to do that.  My 
> > understanding has been
> > that @lowersections commands change chapters to sections, sections to 
> > subsections, and so
> > on.  But the chapter numbering stays the same.
>
> Indeed, @unnumbered with a manual numbering for stand alone chapter
> versus @chapter when included is probably more relevant. You could also
> use @heading.

But that is problematic, because I will also have to take care of the section,
subsection, subsubsection numbering as well.

@unnumbered and @heading is useful for alternative numbering schemes (e.g. using
roman numerals, or when using some special heading system).

But if I simply want the chapter, sections and subsections, to start from number
5, there could be a variable one can set (e.g. @chapcounter 1).

> >
> >
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 12:47 AM
> > > From: "Patrice Dumas" <pertusus@free.fr>
> > > To: pietru@caramail.com
> > > Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> > > Subject: Re: @chapter starting at specified number
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Not sure that it corresponds to your use, but @raisesections and 
> > > @lowersections
> > > could be of use:
> > > https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Raise_002flower-sections.html
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 04:05:17AM +0200, pietru@caramail.com wrote:
> > > > Currently, using @chapter starts from one.  But if I write every 
> > > > chapter into a separate
> > > > file and execute with texi2pdf all chapters get messed because they 
> > > > will all be chapter 1.
> > > >
> > > > Can there be some structured way to choose the number to start with?  
> > > > It would be very
> > > > helpful and valuable capability.
> > >
> > > It is not clear to me what you are trying to achieve.  Texinfo is
> > > designed under the assumption that the manual forms a whole.  Many other
> > > things need to be changed, not only the chapter numbering if it is
> > > instead a kind of collection.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Pat
> > >
>