[texhax] Printing section numbers in the margin in LaTeX

[Sridhar M.A.]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 05:49:02PM +0100, Guan Yang wrote:
   > Hi,
   > 
   > A couple of years ago I produced an essay that had section numbers in  
   > the margin, using some code I found on the internet. Here's a  
   > demonstration of what it looked like:
   > 
   > http://unicast.org/misc/marginsec.png
   > 
   > Now I can't find my original tex source or the page where I found the  
   > code. Could anybody help me recreate the effect of section numbers in  
   > the margin?
   > 
I have used the following to get the effect you mention:

  \def\@seccntformat#1{%
       \protect\makebox[0pt][r]{%
              \csname  the#1\endcsname\quad}}

Hope it helps.

Regards,

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