[OS X TeX] Changing section headings in memoir-solved

[George Gratzer]

Could you not just redefine the section counter?

GG

On 2012-03-04, at 1:38 PM, David Derbes wrote:

> I found some very helpful pointers here:
> 
> http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_section/0.html
> 
> and with the aid of the xstring package was able to cobble a kludge together.
> 
> Thanks, all.
> 
> David Derbes
> U of Chicago Laboratory Schools
> 
> On Mar 3, 2012, at 5:00 PM, David Derbes wrote:
> 
>> I'm writing a physics textbook. I would prefer not to use chapters. Instead, I want to divide the book into parts (larger than chapters) and sections (smaller than chapters.) 
>> 
>> If I have in the manuscript \section{The Achillies Paradox}, this now typesets as
>> 
>> 0.1 The Achilles Paradox 
>> 
>> (as I have no chapters.)
>> 
>> What I'd like instead is 
>> 
>> \S1. The Achilles Paradox
>> 
>> (where \S is the usual section symbol, §. I'm using the memoir class, and the komalike headstyles. 
>> 
>> Having tried without success various \renewcommands as suggested by the memoir manual, I'm turning to experts. Any suggestions would be very welcome.
>> 
>> David Derbes
>> U of Chicago Laboratory Schools
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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