[OS X TeX] Two issues -- need help

[Ross Moore]

On 07/08/2005, at 3:49 AM, M. Tamer Özsu wrote:

> ---
> I wonder if someone can help me with two issues:

> \newcounter{exmp}[chapter]
> \newcommand{\bex}{\renewcommand{\theexmp}{\stepcounter{exmp} 
> \thechapter.\a
> rabic{exmp}}\vspace{11pt}\par\noindent{\bf Example
> \theexmp}\vspace{11pt}\par\noindent\begin{inpar}\parskip=2pt plus  
> 0.5pt}
>
> but this did not work either. The numbering is OK, but \ref{...}  
> simply
> generates the number of the section within which the example occurs.

Try using  \refstepcounter  instead of  \stepcounter .

>
> I would appreciate any help in changing the \bex definition so that it
> generates the numbers prefixed with chapter numbers and also  
> handles the
> references right.


Hope this helps,

     Ross Moore


> Thanks for any suggestions.
> -- 
> M. Tamer Ozsu
> University of Waterloo
>

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