Hi Herbert, I think something is missing in that piece of code, since when I put it in my preamble I get a bunch of errors. The problem is I know nothing about LaTeX and I don't know how to fix it. I see a closing brace at the bottom, and I don't see a corresponding opening one anywhere, so perhaps this is the problem.
Also, exactly where in the preamble would I place this snippet, probably before defining the stuff in the footer? Or does it even matter where it is placed? Thanks, Vlad. Herbert Voss wrote: > Vladimir Milovanovic schrieb: > >> How would I be able to insert the name of and number of the current >> chapter in the footer of the document? At the moment there is some stuf >> there that I want to throw out ( I am using a university template, and I >> want to take out some stuff I don't need). Here's the part of the >> preamble that concerns with the footer. I want ot throw out the >> docnumner, docrevnumber and the classification and have the chapter info >> instead. > > > in the preamble > > \let\oldChapter\chapter > \newcommand{\ChapName}[1]{} > \renewcommand{\chapter}[2][]{% > \renewcommand{\ChapName}{#2}% > \oldChapter[#1]{#2}% > } > > now you have the commands \thechapter for the number > and \ChapName for the title, which you can place anywhere > in the header/footer > > Herbert > > > -- > http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/ > >