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

[Herbert Schulz]

On Mar 4, 2012, at 2:29 PM, George Gratzer wrote:

> 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

Howdy,

Why not re-define the \chapter output so it says \S#?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)