I want to have chapter and subsection in the headings of my document. but the numbering should not exist.
[Tex/LaTex] Chapter/Section title in header without numbering
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Related Solutions
The correct way to do this, specifically for memoir, IMO, is to use
\setsecnumdepth{subsection}
Why?:
- It's a higher-level command ---
\setcounteris somewhere in the bowels of memoir/LaTeX - It's semantic --- saying "subsection" is hopelessly more meaningful than saying "2"
- It's practical --- it persists across
\mainmatter
Here's a customizable version; by defining \prefix@subsection, for instance, you can add some prefix also to the subsection number. Note that you want to use \section and not \section*.
\documentclass{article}
\makeatletter
% we use \prefix@<level> only if it is defined
\renewcommand{\@seccntformat}[1]{%
\ifcsname prefix@#1\endcsname
\csname prefix@#1\endcsname
\else
\csname the#1\endcsname\quad
\fi}
% define \prefix@section
\newcommand\prefix@section{Section \thesection: }
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\section{Hello}
\subsection{Subsection}
\subsection{Subsection 2}
\section{Go on}
\subsection{Subsection 3}
\end{document}
Another application:
\documentclass{article}
\makeatletter
% we use \prefix@<level> only if it is defined
\renewcommand{\@seccntformat}[1]{%
\ifcsname prefix@#1\endcsname
\csname prefix@#1\endcsname
\else
\csname the#1\endcsname\quad
\fi}
% define \prefix@section
\newcommand\prefix@section{}
\newcommand{\prefix@subsection}{\thesubsection\ - }
\newcommand{\prefix@subsubsection}{\thesubsubsection\ - }
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{subsection}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\section{A section}
\section{Another section}
\section{A third section}
\subsection{A subsection}
\subsubsection{A subsubsection}
\subsubsection{Another subsubsection}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Maybe you can redefine your chapters and sections?
When you write
\mychapter{Chapter title}, latex will:\chapter*{#1}add it to the table of contents:
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{}#1}(unnumbered things usually don't show up in the toc)
\def\rightmark{#1}