Re: @chapter starting at specified number

[pietru]

I dot not see it solving the problem.  If I have one chapter in a file, could I 
make it
show as chapter 5.  I have been using @unnumbered to do that.  My understanding 
has been
that @lowersections commands change chapters to sections, sections to 
subsections, and so
on.  But the chapter numbering stays the same.


> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 12:47 AM
> From: "Patrice Dumas" <pertusus@free.fr>
> To: pietru@caramail.com
> Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: @chapter starting at specified number
>
> Hello,
>
> Not sure that it corresponds to your use, but @raisesections and 
> @lowersections
> could be of use:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Raise_002flower-sections.html
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 04:05:17AM +0200, pietru@caramail.com wrote:
> > Currently, using @chapter starts from one.  But if I write every chapter 
> > into a separate
> > file and execute with texi2pdf all chapters get messed because they will 
> > all be chapter 1.
> >
> > Can there be some structured way to choose the number to start with?  It 
> > would be very
> > helpful and valuable capability.
>
> It is not clear to me what you are trying to achieve.  Texinfo is
> designed under the assumption that the manual forms a whole.  Many other
> things need to be changed, not only the chapter numbering if it is
> instead a kind of collection.
>
> --
> Pat
>