Nick Dokos wrote:
> Steven Arntson writes:
>
>> Hello, I'm a beginning org-mode user.
>>
>> I'm writing a book with many chapters, each chapter as a top-level
>> header (*). Is there a way to assign chapter numbers automatically, such
>> that I might get a result along the lines of:
>>
>> * 1. Thi
On 03/28/2014 10:18 PM, Steven Arntson wrote:
> Back in my mac-user days I used a program called "Scrivener" that would
> renumber chapters on the fly if I dragged them to new positions. I think
> I was missing that functionality a little, but now that I think about
> it, I shouldn't miss it. It di
Back in my mac-user days I used a program called "Scrivener" that would
renumber chapters on the fly if I dragged them to new positions. I think
I was missing that functionality a little, but now that I think about
it, I shouldn't miss it. It didn't add anything. My next project will be
to learn mo
Unless you have the structure of your book set in stone, numbers just get
in your way. The great power of org is being able to write 'modularly' and
rearrange at will.
When you export, your chapter/section numbers will be right as well as all
cross references.
I think you'll be happier to ignore
Nick Dokos writes:
> There are probably many ways to do that, but I want to invert the
> question: *why* do you want chapter numbers in your org file?
> I would argue that they are a bad idea in the vast majority of cases.
>
> Nick
I'm just accustomed to seeing them in my working drafts. Perhaps
Steven Arntson writes:
> Hello, I'm a beginning org-mode user.
>
> I'm writing a book with many chapters, each chapter as a top-level
> header (*). Is there a way to assign chapter numbers automatically, such
> that I might get a result along the lines of:
>
> * 1. This is a chapter containing th
Hello, I'm a beginning org-mode user.
I'm writing a book with many chapters, each chapter as a top-level
header (*). Is there a way to assign chapter numbers automatically, such
that I might get a result along the lines of:
* 1. This is a chapter containing thousands of words.
* 2. This is the n
