[Tex/LaTex] Mini Table of Content \minitoc drove itself crazy (i was on board) … how to fix

minitoctable of contents

I am using minitoc.

In the main file,

\usepackage[english,tight]{minitoc} 

... 

...


\begin{document}
\dominitoc
\frontmatter 
...
...
\input(myChapter_one)

And at each chapter (separate file)

\chapter{Chapter name}

\minitoc


...

...

It was working fine until today. Now, what I can see, for example in chapter 5, minitoc is not synchronized, it says chapter 4 like, 4.1.2 .. ..4.2….

AND,

There is no minitoc on chapter One! [\minitoc command is still on the chapter one too!]

Can you please give me some clues?

Best Answer

It looks like the important thing missing from your document is either \tableofcontents or \faketableofcontents.

Without one of these, the minitoc package will not update the \jobname.mtc* files appropriately. From your description, it sounds like the minitoc package is working from 'old' \jobname.mtc* because you are seeing chapter 4's minitoc in chapter 5.

Here is MWE

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{minitoc}

\begin{document}

\dominitoc
\faketableofcontents    % need either this line 
%\tableofcontents       % or this one for minitoc to work

\include{chapter1}

\end{document}

If this doesn't help, please post more details in your question.

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[Tex/LaTex] \tableofcontents is undefined, toc file is empty, how to generate TOC

Nothing fancy ... just copy-and-paste of the relevant macro definitions from the LaTeX sources and from article.cls.

\documentclass{IOS-Book-Article}

\makeatletter

% Copied from the LaTeX sources
\def\addcontentsline#1#2#3{%
  \addtocontents{#1}{\protect\contentsline{#2}{#3}{\thepage}}}
\long\def\addtocontents#1#2{%
  \protected@write\@auxout
    {\let\label\@gobble \let\index\@gobble \let\glossary\@gobble}%
    {\string\@writefile{#1}{#2}}}

% Copied from article.cls
\newcommand\@pnumwidth{1.55em}
\newcommand\@tocrmarg{2.55em}
\newcommand\@dotsep{4.5}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\newcommand\tableofcontents{%
    \section*{\contentsname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}%
    \@starttoc{toc}%
    }
\newcommand*\l@section[2]{%
  \ifnum \c@tocdepth >\z@
    \addpenalty\@secpenalty
    \addvspace{1.0em \@plus\p@}%
    \setlength\@tempdima{1.5em}%
    \begingroup
      \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@pnumwidth
      \parfillskip -\@pnumwidth
      \leavevmode \bfseries
      \advance\leftskip\@tempdima
      \hskip -\leftskip
      #1\nobreak\hfil \nobreak\hb@xt@\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}\par
    \endgroup
  \fi}
\newcommand*\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{1.5em}{2.3em}}
\newcommand*\l@subsubsection{\@dottedtocline{3}{3.8em}{3.2em}}
\newcommand*\l@paragraph{\@dottedtocline{4}{7.0em}{4.1em}}
\newcommand*\l@subparagraph{\@dottedtocline{5}{10em}{5em}}
\newcommand\listoffigures{%
    \section*{\listfigurename}%
      \@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
              {\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
    \@starttoc{lof}%
    }
\newcommand*\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}}
\newcommand\listoftables{%
    \section*{\listtablename}%
      \@mkboth{%
          \MakeUppercase\listtablename}%
         {\MakeUppercase\listtablename}%
    \@starttoc{lot}%
    }
\let\l@table\l@figure
\newcommand\contentsname{Contents}
\newcommand\listfigurename{List of Figures}
\newcommand\listtablename{List of Tables}

\makeatother

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{foo}

\subsection{bar}

Some text.

\end{document}

EDIT: Removed definition of \l@part because IOS-Book-Article doesn't feature a \part command.

How to Change Style and Color of Table of Contents in LaTeX

I don't know minitoc well, but here's a way to obtain the desired formatting for the partial ToCs using the titletoc package; once all the settings have been defined in the preamble, all the job is done using a single \PartialToC command:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\usepackage{titletoc}

\definecolor{secnum}{RGB}{13,151,225}
\definecolor{ptcbackground}{RGB}{212,237,252}
\definecolor{ptctitle}{RGB}{0,177,235}

\titlecontents{lsection}
  [5.8em]{\sffamily}
  {\color{secnum}\contentslabel{2.3em}\normalcolor}{}
  {\titlerule*[1000pc]{.}\contentspage\\\hspace*{-5.8em}\vspace*{5pt}%
    \color{white}\rule{\dimexpr\textwidth-15.5pt\relax}{1pt}}

\newcommand\PartialToC{%
\startcontents[chapters]%
\begin{mdframed}[backgroundcolor=ptcbackground,hidealllines=true]
\printcontents[chapters]{l}{1}{\colorbox{ptctitle}{%
  \parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{%
    \strut\color{white}\bfseries\sffamily\makebox[5em]{%
      Chapter~\thechapter\hfill}Contents}}\vskip5pt}
\end{mdframed}%
}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\chapter{Chapter One}
\PartialToC
\section{Section One One}
\section{Section One Two}
\section{Section One Three}
\section{Section One Four}

\chapter{Chapter Two}
\PartialToC
\section{Section Two One}
\section{Section Two Two}
\section{Section Three Three}

\end{document}

Some images of the partial ToCs:

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and

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In a comment to the answer has been requested to produce a similar formatting for the general table of contents; in this case, some additional works has to be done:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage{etoolbox}


\definecolor{secnum}{RGB}{13,151,225}
\definecolor{ptcbackground}{RGB}{212,237,252}
\definecolor{ptctitle}{RGB}{0,177,235}

\pretocmd{\tableofcontents}{\begin{mdframed}[backgroundcolor=ptcbackground,hidealllines=true]}{}{}
\apptocmd{\tableofcontents}{\end{mdframed}}{}{}
\patchcmd{\tableofcontents}{\contentsname}{\color{ptctitle}\contentsname}{}{}

\titlecontents{section}
  [4em]{\sffamily}
  {\color{secnum}\contentslabel{2.3em}\normalcolor}{}
  {\titlerule*[1000pc]{.}\contentspage\\\hspace*{-3em}\vspace*{2pt}%
    \color{white}\rule{\dimexpr\textwidth-20pt\relax}{1pt}}

\titlecontents{lsection}
  [5.8em]{\sffamily}
  {\color{secnum}\contentslabel{2.3em}\normalcolor}{}
  {\titlerule*[1000pc]{.}\contentspage\\\hspace*{-5.8em}\vspace*{2pt}%
    \color{white}\rule{\dimexpr\textwidth-15.5pt\relax}{1pt}}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*\l@chapter[2]{%
  \ifnum \c@tocdepth >\m@ne
    \addpenalty{-\@highpenalty}%
    \vskip 1.0em \@plus\p@
    \setlength\@tempdima{1.5em}%
    \begingroup
      \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@pnumwidth
      \parfillskip -\@pnumwidth
      \leavevmode
      \advance\leftskip\@tempdima
      \hskip -\leftskip
      \colorbox{ptctitle}{\strut%
        \makebox[\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep-7pt\relax][l]{%
          \color{white}\bfseries\sffamily#1%
          \nobreak\hfill\nobreak\hb@xt@\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}}}\par\smallskip
      \penalty\@highpenalty
    \endgroup
  \fi}
\makeatother
\newcommand\PartialToC{%
\startcontents[chapters]%
\begin{mdframed}[backgroundcolor=ptcbackground,hidealllines=true]
\printcontents[chapters]{l}{1}{\colorbox{ptctitle}{%
  \parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{%
    \strut\color{white}\bfseries\sffamily\makebox[5em]{%
      Chapter~\thechapter\hfill}Contents}}\vskip5pt}
\end{mdframed}%
}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Chapter One}
\PartialToC
\section{Section One One}
\section{Section One Two}
\section{Section One Three}
\section{Section One Four}

\stopcontents[chapters]
\chapter{Chapter Two}
\PartialToC
\section{Section Two One}
\section{Section Two Two}
\section{Section Two Three}

\stopcontents[chapters]
\chapter{Chapter Three}
\PartialToC
\section{Section Three One}
\section{Section Three Two}
\section{Section Three Three}
\section{Section Three Four}
\section{Section Three Five}

\end{document}

An image of the general ToC:

enter image description here

An image of one of the partial ToCs:

enter image description here

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