[texhax] Resetting \labelsep

[Philip Taylor]

Professor John Simmie wrote:

> I have a very large document in which the table of contents messes up
> after the first 99 \sections, with the section number crashing into
> the section heading
> 
> Redefining via \setlength{\labelsep}{36pt} in the preamble does not
> work

It may be reset by \@BeginDocument; try setting it as the first line after

	\begin {document}

Philip Taylor