arnold@audiofax.com (Arnold Robbins) (11/01/90)
In article <1990Oct30.224252.7998@athena.mit.edu> drk@athena.mit.edu (David R Kohr) writes: >I am trying to produce a Table of Contents which includes the section number >as well as page number for each item listed. I came up with this macro recently. It does all the work for you. Use this macro *instead of* the .NH and .XS/.XE macros, and put a .TC at the end. (It does answer your question, too; string register SN has the section number.) ." ." HN - Heading that are numbered and produce a Table of Contents entry ." ." Usage: .NH level "text" ." .de HN .NH \\$1 \\$2 .XS \\n(PN \\*(SN \\$2 .XE .. -- Arnold Robbins AudioFAX, Inc. | Laundry increases 2000 Powers Ferry Road, #200 / Marietta, GA. 30067 | exponentially in the INTERNET: arnold@audiofax.com Phone: +1 404 933 7612 | number of children. UUCP: emory!audfax!arnold Fax-box: +1 404 618 4581 | -- Miriam Robbins
drk@athena.mit.edu (David R Kohr) (11/01/90)
In article <1990Oct30.224252.7998@athena.mit.edu> drk@athena.mit.edu (David R Kohr) writes: >I am trying to produce a Table of Contents which includes the section number >as well as page number for each item listed. I am using the regular More careful perusal of Sun's Sun/OS 4.0.3 manuals has revealed a large document which explains how to use number registers and strings, among many other things. It appears that the "ms" macros have an internal string register SN which contains the current section number in an appropriate format; putting \*(SN in the text produces the section numbers I need (although this isn't advertised as necessarily being kosher in the "ms" document). -- David R. Kohr M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory Group 45 ("Radars 'R' Us") email: DRK@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (preferred) or KOHR@LL.LL.MIT.EDU phone: (617)981-0775 (work) or (617)527-3908 (home)