[Tugindia] How to create Subchapters

[Harish Kumar Holla]

I think you need to read section 3.9 of the titlesec manual.

Something like

\titleclass{\subchapter}{straight}[\chapter]
\newcounter{subchapter}
\renewcommand{\thesubchapter}{\Alph{subchapter}}

should work. straight will create titles in the middle of text (like
sections). If you want subchapters like chapters (i.e., at the top of the
page) use top instead of straight. Hope that helps.

As usual, if you provide a complete (compilable) MWE, I can provide tested
results :-)

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 6:47 PM, bhutex <bhutex at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all
>
> One of our students is in the final stages of submitting his thesis. He
> wants subchapters. We used the following hack for creating the subchapters:
>
> \usepackage{etoolbox}% http://ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
> %\usepackage{hyperref}% http://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref
> \newcounter{subchapter}\renewcommand{\thesubchapter}{\Alph{subchapter}}
> \makeatletter
> % \patchcmd{<cmd>}{<search>}{<replace>}{<success>}{<failure>}
> \newcommand{\updatechaptercounter}{}
>
> \patchcmd{\@chapter}{\@afterheading}{\updatechaptercounter\@afterheading}{}{}%
> Regular patch of \@chapter
> %\patchcmd{\Hy at org
> @chapter}{\@afterheading}{\updatechaptercounter\@afterheading}{}{}%
> Hyperref patch of \@chapter
> \makeatother
> \providecommand{\theHchapter}{}%
> \newcommand{\startsubchapters}{%
>   \setcounter{subchapter}{0}% Reset sub-chapter numbering
>   \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\arabic{chapter}\thesubchapter}% Update
> chapter number display
>   \renewcommand{\theHchapter}{\arabic{chapter}\thesubchapter}% Update
> chapter number display (for hyperref)
>   \renewcommand{\updatechaptercounter}{\addtocounter{chapter}{-1}}% Update
> chapter number
>   \let\oldchapter\chapter%
>   \renewcommand{\chapter}{\stepcounter{subchapter}\oldchapter}% Increment
> subchapter
> }
> \newcommand{\stopsubchapters}{%
>   \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\arabic{chapter}}% Reset chapter numbering
>   \renewcommand{\theHchapter}{\arabic{chapter}}% Reset chapter numbering
> (for hyperref)
>   \let\chapter\oldchapter% Restore regular \chapter command
>   \renewcommand{\updatechaptercounter}{}% Clear chapter counter update
>   \stepcounter{chapter}% Update chapter counter
> }
>
>
> But is is not working in his thesis. The chapter number it is showing as 3a
> and then 4b - not as 3a and 3b. He is using the Thesis class.
>
> In the stand alone model also it is creating some trouble :
>
> The subchapter number it is giving correctly like 3a, 3b, 3c etc. but the
> section numbering is coming as 2a.1., 2a.2 or 2b.1, 2b.2 etc.
>
> Tried to use TitelSec package. But it is hard to crack.
>
> Googling on "Subchapters in LaTeX" is not giving any clue.
>
> Any help will be highly appreciated.
>
>
> --
> D. Venu Gopal
> Member - TeX User Group
> The BHU TeX Group
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