[Tex/LaTex] Memoir chapter headings

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I'm using memoir class and I would like to know if it's possible to change the heading name of a specific chapter because the chapter title is too long and it's not well displayed as a heading in each page, only in the main chapter title.
I mean, I want this title to appear on the top of each page

'Capítulo 2 Influencia de las IDM en el espectro de ondas de espín'

and as a chapter title, that appears this

'Capítulo 2 Influencia de las Interacciones de Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya en el espectro de ondas de espín'

(I'm writing in spanish)

Thanks beforehand,
Dave

Best Answer

It's the same as the standard classes, you can go

\chapter[short]{long}

and the short form is used in headers and table of contents.

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

chapter titles do not appear in table of contents. Solution: add \addcontentsline
footnote numbers do not reset to 1. Solution: use \refstepcounter at the chapter level.
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...

[Tex/LaTex] Creating a specific chapter style using memoir

Here's one possible solution using two \parboxes (change the fonts and lengths to suit your needs):

\documentclass{memoir}

\newlength\chaptitlelength
\setlength\chaptitlelength{4cm}

\makeatletter
\makechapterstyle{mystyle}{%

\renewcommand{\chapnamefont}{\normalfont\Huge\itshape}
\let\chapnumfont\chapnamefont
\renewcommand{\chaptitlefont}{\normalfont\huge\scshape}

\def\printchaptername{\parbox[t]{\chaptitlelength}{\chapnamefont\@chapapp\space\chapnumfont\thechapter}}
\def\printchapternum{}
\def\afterchapternum{\space}
\def\printchapternonum{}
\def\printchaptertitle##1{\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\linewidth-\chaptitlelength-2em\relax}{%
  \chaptitlefont\raggedright\scshape ##1}}
\def\afterchaptertitle{\par\nobreak\vskip \afterchapskip}
}
\makeatother
\chapterstyle{mystyle}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Introduction to my research and what it's all about}

\end{document}

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