[OS X TeX] Re: Mini Toc

Alain Schremmer schremmer.alain at gmail.com
Fri Jun 26 20:26:43 EDT 2009


This has not been my day---or night.

Companion2ed gives the answer:

Instead of inserting \tableofcontents in the control file, insert  
\faketableofcontents.

This has been an extreme case of "esprit d'escalier"

Deeply embarrassed and apologetic regards
--schremmer

On Jun 26, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> I found out what I did last night: I inserted
>
> 		\tableofcontents
>
> in the "control file" so the minitoc appeared, stayed after I  
> removed the \tableofcontents but then the minitoc never changed  
> again no matter what editing I did in the Chapter. Which is what I  
> noticed today.
>
> This behavior is a bit strange and, surely, there has to be a  
> better way.  However, I don't have a clue.
>
> Still hopeful regards
> --schremmer
>
>
> On Jun 26, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 26, 2009, at 3:51 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry about my post of three minutes ago: I had forgotten to  
>>> place \dominitoc before the
>>>
>>> 		\include{../Chapters-contents/\jobname}
>>>
>>> in the "control files"
>>>
>>> My only excuse is that it was 3:45 AM. But I was punished as I  
>>> lost an hour on this.
>>
>> I don't know what I was on last night but, this evening, it is  
>> still not working properly. To save time and effort, I will first  
>> give a new improved and minimal version of my first post:
>>
>> I have the following setup for a MagnumOpus text that consists of  
>> one included chapter called ONE. The setup allows me to typeset  
>> just one chapter---here ONE.
>>
>> A. In the Chapters-contents Folder, I have a "contents file", ONE.tex
>>
>> 	%!TEX root = ../Chapters-controls/ONE.tex
>> 	\chapter{ONE is odd}
>> 	\minitoc
>> 		some text
>> 		\section{First}
>> 		a little bit of text
>>
>> B. In the Chapters-controls Folder, I have a "control file", ONE.tex
>>
>> 	\documentclass[11pt]{book}
>> 	\usepackage{minitoc}
>> 	\begin{document}
>> 		\dominitoc
>> 		\include{../Chapters-contents/ONE}
>> 	\end{document}
>>
>> C. In the Text Folder, I have the master file, MagnumOpus.tex
>>
>> 	\documentclass[11pt]{book}
>> 	\usepackage{minitoc}
>> 	\begin{document}
>> 		\dominitoc
>> 		\tableofcontents
>> 		\include{../Chapters-contents/ONE}
>> 	\end{document}
>>
>> --- When I typeset (three times) the master file MagnumOpus.tex, I  
>> get the mini toc in the chapter as expected.
>>
>> --- When I typeset (either one of the two) ONE.tex, I get the pdf  
>> of the chapter as usual, that is without the mini toc (even though  
>> the mtc files are generated.)
>>
>> Hopeful regards
>> --schremmer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>




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