[OS X TeX] Changing section headings in memoir-solved

[David Derbes]

I found some very helpful pointers here:

http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_section/0.html

and with the aid of the xstring package was able to cobble a kludge together.

Thanks, all.

David Derbes
U of Chicago Laboratory Schools

On Mar 3, 2012, at 5:00 PM, David Derbes wrote:

> I'm writing a physics textbook. I would prefer not to use chapters. Instead, I want to divide the book into parts (larger than chapters) and sections (smaller than chapters.) 
> 
> If I have in the manuscript \section{The Achillies Paradox}, this now typesets as
> 
> 0.1 The Achilles Paradox 
> 
> (as I have no chapters.)
> 
> What I'd like instead is 
> 
> \S1. The Achilles Paradox
> 
> (where \S is the usual section symbol, §. I'm using the memoir class, and the komalike headstyles. 
> 
> Having tried without success various \renewcommands as suggested by the memoir manual, I'm turning to experts. Any suggestions would be very welcome.
> 
> David Derbes
> U of Chicago Laboratory Schools
> 
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