>>>>> "Jean-Marc" == Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jean-Marc> A typical latex example is
Jean-Marc> \def\thechapter{\arabic{chapter}}
Jean-Marc> \def\thesection{\thechapter.\arabic{section}}
Jean-Marc> \def\subsection{\thesection.\arabic{subsection}}
To follow up on my proposal. First, I agree with john that we should
not uglify layout files, and I'd rather see a syntax like
$$arabic(section) consistent with what we have elsewhere.
This means that counters definition could look like
Counter
Name chapter
String "$$arabic(chapter)"
End
Counter
Name section
Within chapter
String "$$the(chapter).$$arabic(section)"
End
Counter
Name subsection
Within section
String "$$the(section).$$arabic(subsection)"
End
Here $$the(foo) is the String output of counter foo.
Of course, this is a bit ugly because I followed closely the latex
spec. We could also define in the counter whether it should use
arabic, latin, etc. We will though have a problem with appendices.
JMarc
