I am constructing my thesis, and am using a variant of the report class. I have chapters, sections, subsections, and subsubsections in places. When reading the text, having a long string of numbers, letters, and roman numerals in the title for subsections and subsubsections is unpleasant-looking. I would prefer these titles to just have the relevant subsection or subsubsection title, and do so using:
\renewcommand\thesubsection{\Roman{subsection}}
(Depending on how things end up looking, I may include the section counter, but I'll definitely strip off the chapter counter.) However, when I make a reference to the subsection or subsubsection, I would much prefer the entire string of numbers to be used, otherwise the reference is poorly defined. Can anyone comment on how to do this?
Here is a minimal example.
\documentclass{report}
\begin{document}
\renewcommand\thesection{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{section}}
\renewcommand\thesubsection{\Roman{subsection}}
\chapter{Chapter}
\section{Section}
\subsection{Subsection}\label{subsection}
\noindent I have the subsections labelled in Roman in the title, because 1.1.I would just be long.
\\
\noindent Here is a reference to the subsection: (\ref{subsection})
\\
\noindent I would like references to the subsection to be (1.1.I), however.
\end{document}
Best Answer
Redefine
\p@subsection(the prefix using for the references to subsections):By the way, never use the combination
\\ + blank line; this will generate underfull boxes warnings.