[Tex/LaTex] Make \chapter* same as unnumbered \chapter (using memoir)

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I'm producing a book, using the memoir class.

The book has numbered chapters 1-8, but also has a chapter before ("Introduction") and a chapter after ("Conclusion"). These are all in the main matter; I mean there are also other unnumbered chapter-level sections in front- (Acknowledgements) and back-matter (Endnotes and Index).

I thought it would be simple to use \chapter* for Introduction and Conclusion, and use \chapter for chapters 1-8. Not so… it seems the numbering part is not the only difference.

Does anyone know of all the differences and what is needed to make them equivalent?
So far I've found:

  1. chapter titles do not appear in table of contents.
    Solution: after \chapter*, add \addcontentsline
  2. footnote numbers (pagenote in this case) do not reset to 1.
    Solution: ???
  3. heading text (\createmark{chapter}...) not being updated.
    Solution: ???

Any other suprpises that I'll find out later ?

Alternative, any other approach to tackle the problem would be welcome.

Best Answer

After reading (and re-reading) the Memoir manual, I've found answers to the specific questions asked (added here for future reference):

  1. chapter titles do not appear in table of contents. Solution: add \addcontentsline
  2. footnote numbers do not reset to 1. Solution: use \refstepcounter at the chapter level.
  3. heading text not being updated. Solution: use the optional argument to \chapter*

Therefore, a rough equivalent to

\chapter{My Chapter Title}

without numbering is:

\chapter*[My Chapter Title]{My Chapter Title}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{My Chapter Title}
\refstepcounter{chapter}

I hope no more differences appear...