Re: How to create Subchapters

Dear Dr Holla

Thanks for your quick response.

But the subchapter is not under chapter like section. The chapters are like
this

Chapter 1
Chapter 2a
chapter 2b
Chapter 3a
Chapter 3b
Chapter 4

The code given by me is acting differently in two models.

Thanks

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Harish Kumar Holla <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Here is some starter.
>
> \documentclass{book}
> \usepackage{titlesec}
> \titleclass{\subchapter}{straight}[\chapter]
> \newcounter{subchapter}
> \renewcommand{\thesubchapter}{\Alph{subchapter}}
>
> \newcommand{\subchaptertitlename}{Sub chapter}
>
> \titleformat{\subchapter}[display]   %% adjust whether this should be
> display or not
> {\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries}{\subchaptertitlename\
> \thechapter.\thesubchapter}{15pt}{\huge}
>
> \titlespacing*{\subchapter} {0pt}{50pt}{40pt}  %% adjust this spacing
> \begin{document}
>   \chapter{Introduction}
>   Some introductory text here.
>   \subchapter{Some subchapter}
>   Text here
>   \section{Section here}
>   \subchapter{Some subchapter}
>   Text here
>   \section{Section here}
>   \subchapter{Some subchapter}
>   Text here
>   \section{Section here}
>
>   \chapter{First chapter}
>   Some introductory text here.
>   \subchapter{Some subchapter}
>   Text here
>   \section{Section here}
>   \subchapter{Some subchapter}
>   Text here
>   \section{Section here}
>   \subchapter{Some subchapter}
>   Text here
>   \section{Section here}
> \end{document}
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Harish Kumar Holla <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I think you need to read section 3.9 of the titlesec manual.
> >
> > Something like
> >
> > \titleclass{\subchapter}{straight}[\chapter]
> > \newcounter{subchapter}
> > \renewcommand{\thesubchapter}{\Alph{subchapter}}
> >
> > should work. straight will create titles in the middle of text (like
> > sections). If you want subchapters like chapters (i.e., at the top of the
> > page) use top instead of straight. Hope that helps.
> >
> > As usual, if you provide a complete (compilable) MWE, I can provide
> tested
> > results :-)
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 6:47 PM, bhutex <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello all
> >>
> >> One of our students is in the final stages of submitting his thesis. He
> >> wants subchapters. We used the following hack for creating the
> >> subchapters:
> >>
> >> \usepackage{etoolbox}% http://ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
> >> %\usepackage{hyperref}% http://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref
> >>
> >> \newcounter{subchapter}\renewcommand{\thesubchapter}{\Alph{subchapter}}
> >> \makeatletter
> >> % \patchcmd{<cmd>}{<search>}{<replace>}{<success>}{<failure>}
> >> \newcommand{\updatechaptercounter}{}
> >>
> >>
> \patchcmd{\@chapter}{\@afterheading}{\updatechaptercounter\@afterheading}{}{}%
> >> Regular patch of \@chapter
> >> %\patchcmd{\Hy@org
> >> @chapter}{\@afterheading}{\updatechaptercounter\@afterheading}{}{}%
> >> Hyperref patch of \@chapter
> >> \makeatother
> >> \providecommand{\theHchapter}{}%
> >> \newcommand{\startsubchapters}{%
> >>   \setcounter{subchapter}{0}% Reset sub-chapter numbering
> >>   \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\arabic{chapter}\thesubchapter}% Update
> >> chapter number display
> >>   \renewcommand{\theHchapter}{\arabic{chapter}\thesubchapter}% Update
> >> chapter number display (for hyperref)
> >>   \renewcommand{\updatechaptercounter}{\addtocounter{chapter}{-1}}%
> Update
> >> chapter number
> >>   \let\oldchapter\chapter%
> >>   \renewcommand{\chapter}{\stepcounter{subchapter}\oldchapter}%
> Increment
> >> subchapter
> >> }
> >> \newcommand{\stopsubchapters}{%
> >>   \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\arabic{chapter}}% Reset chapter numbering
> >>   \renewcommand{\theHchapter}{\arabic{chapter}}% Reset chapter numbering
> >> (for hyperref)
> >>   \let\chapter\oldchapter% Restore regular \chapter command
> >>   \renewcommand{\updatechaptercounter}{}% Clear chapter counter update
> >>   \stepcounter{chapter}% Update chapter counter
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >> But is is not working in his thesis. The chapter number it is showing as
> >> 3a
> >> and then 4b - not as 3a and 3b. He is using the Thesis class.
> >>
> >> In the stand alone model also it is creating some trouble :
> >>
> >> The subchapter number it is giving correctly like 3a, 3b, 3c etc. but
> the
> >> section numbering is coming as 2a.1., 2a.2 or 2b.1, 2b.2 etc.
> >>
> >> Tried to use TitelSec package. But it is hard to crack.
> >>
> >> Googling on "Subchapters in LaTeX" is not giving any clue.
> >>
> >> Any help will be highly appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> D. Venu Gopal
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > with regards
> > =========================
> > Dr. Harish Kumar
> > Dept. of Physics
> > Pondicherry Engineering College
> > Puducherry 605 014
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> > ---------------------------------------------
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> with regards
> =========================
> Dr. Harish Kumar
> Dept. of Physics
> Pondicherry Engineering College
> Puducherry 605 014
> Ph: 0413 2655281-286 (Extn: 646)
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