daw@houxs.ATT.COM (David Wolverton) (01/06/89)
I'm writing an "appendix" macro in troff with MM macros. I want the pages numbered like A-1, A-2, etc. I can get this numbering at the top of the pages themselves, but the page numbers listed in the table of contents (TOC) come out as 1. I'm resetting the page number in register P to 1 for each appendix, and using .HU to print the appendix title, which is why I get the number 1 in the TOC for each appendix. I don't mind abandoning .HU if there is some other way to put an entry into the TOC that has the same appearance as that generated by .HU, except with page numbers like A-1, B-1, etc. Anybody have an idea? Dave Wolverton ...!att!houxs!daw or daw@houxs.att.com
morrell@hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell) (01/07/89)
/ hpsal2:comp.text / daw@houxs.ATT.COM (David Wolverton) / 2:32 pm Jan 5, 1989 / I'm writing an "appendix" macro in troff with MM macros. I want the pages numbered like A-1, A-2, etc. I can get this numbering at the top of the pages themselves, but the page numbers listed in the table of contents (TOC) come out as 1. Anybody have an idea? Dave Wolverton ...!att!houxs!daw or daw@houxs.att.com ---------- Try using the following: .HM A .nr H1 0 before your first appendix. This will set the heading style for the top level section to A, B, C, ... . Then you can use .H 1 "Appendix" and the table of contents should be fine.
crocker@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Crocker) (01/07/89)
I use the following macro to start a new appendix. .nr aP 0 .af aP I .de AP .nr aP +1 .nr p 1 1 .PH "''- \\\\\\\\nP -''" .SK .PH "''- \\\\\\\\nP -'\\fRAppendix \\n(aP \- \\\\\\\\n+p\\fP'" .tl ''\\fBAppendix \\n(aP \- \\$1\\fP'' .am >C .)T 1 0 "" "Appendix \\n(aP \- \\$1" \\nP \\.. .sp 2 .. I use it as follows: .aP "Appendix title" The first page of the appendix looks like: - 14 - Appendix I - 1 Appendix I - Appendix title ... The next page looks like: - 15 - Appendix I - 2 ... What shows up in the table of contents is ... 9. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . 13 Appendix I - Appendix title . . 14 I prefer the above numbering scheme to the one proposed in the base note since it gives some notion of the relative position of the various appendices. I'm sure that appendix A starts at page A-1, but that doesn't give me much of a clue as to where to find it relative to the other appendices, nor does it give a hint as to the size of appendix A. If, however, you still want to have it come out at A-1 (or in my case I-1), you need to use the following macro definition: .nr aP 0 .af aP A .de AP .nr aP +1 .nr p 1 1 .PH "''- \\\\\\\\nP -''" .SK .PH "''- \\\\\\\\nP -'\\fRAppendix \\n(aP \- \\\\\\\\n+p\\fP'" .tl ''\\fBAppendix \\n(aP \- \\$1\\fP'' .am >C .)T 1 0 "" "Appendix \\n(aP \- \\$1" \\n(aP-1 \\.. .sp 2 .. I'm pretty sure that this will work. This leaves the sequential page numbering on the pages. Change the .PH lines to remove that if you don't want it. Ron Crocker | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Affiliation given for identification Naperville, IL 60566 | purposes only. (312) 416-5262 |
daw@houxs.ATT.COM (David Wolverton) (01/11/89)
Many thanks to all who responded to my original plea, and especially
to Bill Stubblebine (HP) and Ron Crocker (AT&T) who pointed me to the
.)E and .)T internal macros of the MM macro package. I have included
below my final macros, for your edification and amusement. The .)E
macro redefinition is different from the original MM macro it replaces
only in the fifth argument to the .)T call.
.H 1 "Sample Program"
This sample file demonstrates the .aH macro.
Use .aH after all sections.
.de aH
.nr Hu 1 \" put headings in table of contents
.nr Hc 1 \" centered heading
.nr a +1
.af a A
.nr p 0 1 \" reset page counter to 1
.PH "''- \\na-\\\\\\\\n+p -''"
.SK
.HU "Appendix \\na: \\$1"
..
.\" MM-related macro to get appropriate TOC numbering
.de)E
.ds}3
.if\\n(:S .ds }3 \\n(H1
.am>C
.)T \\n(;1 \\$1 "\\*(}0" "\\$2" \\na-\\np \\*(}3
\\..
..
.aH "First Appendix"
appendix text for first appendix
.aH "Second Appendix"
appendix text for second appendix
.PH ""
.TC "" "" 3
The above file results in the following nroff output (whitespace has
been scrunched to make viewing easier; this is 4 pages of output):
- 1 -
1. Sample Program
This sample file demonstrates the .aH macro. Use .aH after
all sections.
- A-1 -
Appendix A: First Appendix
appendix text for first appendix
- B-1 -
Appendix B: Second Appendix
appendix text for second appendix
CONTENTS
1. Sample Program..................................... 1
Appendix A: First Appendix............................. A-1
Appendix B: Second Appendix............................ B-1
- i -
Dave Wolverton
att!houxs!daw