[OS X TeX] Page number appears with \pagestyle{empty}

[Ross Moore]

Hi Manuel, and Josep,

On 02/03/2010, at 6:52 AM, Manuel wrote:

>> \addtocontents{toc}{\thispagestyle{empty}}
>>
>> near the first \chapter or \section command in your document that  
>> you presume will produce an entry in the table of contents. This  
>> should insert the relevant command *inside* the .toc file, so it  
>> will be executed at the wnated moment.
>
> Josep, I have also tried this solution but I get the error message:
>
> ! Incomplete \iffaise

Yes. It needs to be:

   \addtocontents{toc}{\protect\thispagestyle{empty}}

else \thispagestyle  expands upon writing to the .toc file
--- and, even if this was successful, you would not necessarily
achieve what you want, as there might be errors when reading it
back in.

>
> Manuel


Hope this helps,

	Ross

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