[OS X TeX] aligning section titles of different levels below each other

[Sergei Mariev]

Thanks Alan, this did it!
Am 14.02.2007 um 12:39 schrieb Alan Munn:

> At 11:46 AM +0100 2/14/07, Sergei Mariev wrote:
>
>> And this code, i.e. \makebox instead of \fbox does not work for me  
>> at all:
>>
>> \makeatletter
>> \renewcommand{\@seccntformat}[1]{\makebox[1cm][l]{\csname the#1 
>> \endcsname}\hspace{0.5em}}
>> \makeatother
>>
>> Could someone suggest a solution how to make the section titles  
>> begin exactly at the same distance from the margin no matter how  
>> much space the section number takes?
>
> Commands with optional arguments are fragile and need a \protect  
> command.  So the following will work:
>
> \makeatletter
> \renewcommand{\@seccntformat}[1]{\protect\makebox[1cm][l]{\csname  
> the#1\endcsname}\hspace{0.5em}}
> \makeatother
>
> Alan
>
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