I stumbled upon this TOC today:
I really like its structure and simplicity. The page numbers are right behind the entries, and not unnecessarily remote as they often are. The separation between chapter numbering on the left and titles on the right clearly sets the two apart.
I would like to reproduce this design for a book, but have no idea where to start. Can you show me how to reproduce this?
Bonus
Do you have any idea how this could be extended to also list sections, and remove the authors?
Best Answer
Use etoc.
The update enables sections in the TOC (see below for the first answer). Furthermore, it uses
\chaptername
,\partname
(available in thebook
class) for internationalization. And it uses a non-breakable space before the page number.Earlier code, for the TOC without sections: