[Tex/LaTex] How remove dot after section number in ToC with babel’s spanish

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I'm using the book document class and the babel package with the spanish option, I have a ToC like this:

  1. CHAPTER NAME
    1.1. SECTION NAME
    1.1.1. Subsection name
    1.1.1.1. Subsubsection name

How can I remove the dot after sections numbers, tables numbers on LoT and figure numbers on LoF?.

P.S.: The Chapter number should have a dot.

Here a MWE

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[spanish,es-lcroman]{babel}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}
\makeatletter
\def\@seccntformat#1{\csname the#1\endcsname\quad}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\listoftables

\listoffigures

\chapter{CHAPTER NAME}

\section{SECTION NAME}

\subsection{Subsection name}

\subsubsection{Subsubsection name}

\begin{table}
    My table
    \caption{Table}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}
    My figure
    \caption{Figure}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Note that I'm using the code:

\makeatletter
\def\@seccntformat#1{\csname the#1\endcsname\quad}
\makeatother

to remove the dot after sections number in the document.

Best Answer

The Spanish module for babel is responsible for this, probably following some directive of the authority on the language. There is an additional option for disabling it:

\usepackage[spanish,es-lcroman,es-nosectiondot]{babel}

See section 2.3 in the documentation for the Spanish option (texdoc spanish or here on TeXdoc.net).

There will be no need to act on \@seccntformat.

In order to keep the period after the chapter number (although I don't see why), patch the \@chapter command:

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd\@chapter{\numberline{\thechapter}}{\numberline{\thechapter.}}{}{}
\makeatother
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