continuous numbering of subsection

continuous numbering of subsection

[Ulf Martin]

Dear ConTeXt Experts

I am still sometimes confused about how to set up simple things...

I want to have a subsection level head type ("topic") with a numbering 
that runs undependently from the section numbering, like so:

1. First Topic
...

I. Section One
...

2. Second Topic
...

3. Third Topic
...

4. Fourth Topic
...

II. Section Two

5. Fifth Topic
...

6. Sixth Topic
...

III. Section Three
...

And so on.

ConTeXtgarden, the manual, etc. show in great detail how to set up the 
/appearence/ of head parts (incl. numbercommand), but I cannot find an 
explanation of the handling of the LaTeX equivalent to counters (their 
definition, incrementing, resetting, etc.). The explanation of 
\setupheadnumber in the manual (p. 172) is quite obscure to me -- how do 
I specify that I do not want higher levels of head to reset my numbering?

Thank you!
Ulf Martin

Re: continuous numbering of subsection

[Hans Hagen]

Ulf Martin wrote:
> Dear ConTeXt Experts
>
> I am still sometimes confused about how to set up simple things...
>
> I want to have a subsection level head type ("topic") with a numbering 
> that runs undependently from the section numbering, like so:
>
> 1. First Topic
> ...
>
> I. Section One
> ...
>
> 2. Second Topic
> ...
>
> 3. Third Topic
> ...
>
> 4. Fourth Topic
> ...
>
> II. Section Two
>
> 5. Fifth Topic
> ...
>
> 6. Sixth Topic
> ...
>
> III. Section Three
> ...
>
> And so on.
>
> ConTeXtgarden, the manual, etc. show in great detail how to set up the 
> /appearence/ of head parts (incl. numbercommand), but I cannot find an 
> explanation of the handling of the LaTeX equivalent to counters (their 
> definition, incrementing, resetting, etc.). The explanation of 
> \setupheadnumber in the manual (p. 172) is quite obscure to me -- how do 
> I specify that I do not want higher levels of head to reset my numbering?
>   

i admit that it's a bit fuzzy ... (some day i'll make this more 
transparent)

\setuphead   [chapter][resetnumber=no]
\setupsection[section][previousnumber=no]

\chapter{Section One}
\section{Second Topic}
\section{Third Topic}
\section{Fourth Topic}

\chapter{Section Two}
\section{Fifth Topic}
\section{Sixth Topic}

\chapter{Section Three}

\stoptext


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Re: continuous numbering of subsection

[Ulf Martin]

Hi

Hans Hagen schrieb:
 > \setuphead   [chapter][resetnumber=no]
 > \setupsection[section][previousnumber=no]

Ok, I undestand. I apologise that my example was too short. I'd like to 
have things more flexible:

If an arbitrary and irregular number of levels is introduced (sections, 
subsections, etc., numbered hierarchically as usual), the topic 
numbering should remain continuous and unaffected
(that's why I thought, a separate definition, as in 
\definehead[topic][...], would be appropriate).

Conceptually, though, "topic" is a section-like subdivision, so, for 
example, should appear in the TOC.

This is typical e.g. in (German) law texts (here with "§" as a topic 
marker but this is not the point), Example:

I. ... "Chapter"
             § 1 ...
    1 ... "Section"
             § 2 ...  Topic in section
      1.1 ... "Subsection"
             § 3 ...  Topic in subsection
             § 4 ...
      1.2  ...
             § 5 ...
    2 ...
             § 6 ...
             § 7 ...
      2.1  ...
             § 8 ...
II. ...
             § 9 ...  Topic in chapter
    1 ...
             § 10 ...
             § 11 ...
      1.1  ...
             § 12 ...

Of course, referencing, entry in TOC, index etc. should be correct.

It would be even more preferable if one could "attach" the topic 
numbering to a specified level, say, chapters. The above example then 
would become:

I. ... "Chapter"
             § 1 ...  Topic in chapter
    1 ... "Section"
             § 2 ...  Topic in section
      1.1 ... "Subsection"
             § 3 ...  Topic in subsection
             § 4 ...
      1.2  ...
             § 5 ...
    2 ...
             § 6 ...
             § 7 ...
      2.1  ...
             § 8 ...
II. ...
             § 1 ...  First topic in second chapter
    1 ...
             § 2
             § 3
      1.1  ...
             § 4  ...


Thank you & sorry for the incomplete first question!
Ulf


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Re: continuous numbering of subsection

[Ulf Martin]

Hi

Hans Hagen schrieb:
> \setuphead   [chapter][resetnumber=no]
> \setupsection[section][previousnumber=no]

I do not quite understand the reseting mechanism.

I want a lowest level section-like subdivision that has a running number 
which is unaffected by any of the above levels irrespective of the 
existence of higher levels. The higher levels should be numbered 
hierarchically as usual.

When I try

\setuphead[section][resetnumber=no]
\setuphead[subsection][resetnumber=no]
\setupsection[subsubsection][previousnumber=no]

The subsubsection number is indeed not reset if *all* higher levels are 
present; but if I leave one out, it is reset; additionally the 
subsection is of course not reset, which I don't want:

\section{One}
\subsection{Oneone}
\subsubsection{Topicone}    % number = 1, OK
\subsection{Onetwo}
\subsubsection{Topictwo}    % number = 2, OK
\section{Two}
\subsubsection{Topicthree}  % number = 1, wrong
\subsection{Twoone}         % number = 2.3, wrong
\subsubsection{Topicfour}   % number = 2, wrong
\subsection{Twotwo}         % number = 2.4, wrong
\subsubsection{Topicfive}   % number = 3, wrong

With this:

\setuphead[section][resetnumber=yes]
\setuphead[subsection][resetnumber=no]
\setupsection[subsubsection][previousnumber=no]

I get:

\section{One}
\subsection{Oneone}
\subsubsection{Topicone}    % number = 1, OK
\subsection{Onetwo}
\subsubsection{Topictwo}    % number = 2, OK
\section{Two}
\subsubsection{Topicthree}  % number = 1, wrong
\subsection{Twoone}         % number = 2.1, now OK
\subsubsection{Topicfour}   % number = 2, wrong
\subsection{Twotwo}         % number = 2.2, now OK
\subsubsection{Topicfive}   % number = 3, wrong

So the numbering of \subsubsection{Topicthree} is reset by 
\section{Two}, irrespective of the latter's resetnumber option.

Here are examples of what I'd really like (here "§" indicates a topic, 
the actual section-level names (like "chapter" etc.) are not important):

I. ... "Chapter"
              § 1 ...
     1 ... "Section"
              § 2 ...  Topic in section
       1.1 ... "Subsection"
              § 3 ...  Topic in subsection
              § 4 ...
       1.2  ...
              § 5 ...
     2 ...
              § 6 ...
              § 7 ...
       2.1  ...
              § 8 ...
II. ...
              § 9 ...  Topic in chapter
     1 ...
              § 10 ...
              § 11 ...
       1.1  ...
              § 12 ...

Of course, referencing, entry in TOC, index etc. should be correct.

It would be even more preferable if one could "attach" the topic
numbering to a specified level. If the topic were attached to chapters 
then the above example would become:

I. ... "Chapter"
              § 1 ...  Topic in chapter
     1 ... "Section"
              § 2 ...  Topic in section
       1.1 ... "Subsection"
              § 3 ...  Topic in subsection
              § 4 ...
       1.2  ...
              § 5 ...
     2 ...
              § 6 ...
              § 7 ...
       2.1  ...
              § 8 ...
II. ...
              § 1 ...  First topic in second chapter
     1 ...
              § 2
              § 3
       1.1  ...
              § 4  ...

One could summarize it this way: §'s are conceptually the lowest level 
of subsections, their number is reset by a subsection of some higher 
level (or never).

In LaTeX one can get this kind of behaviour because the numbering is 
controlled by counters. The increment of one counter may be used to 
reset another counter independent of the actual section level they are 
used for.

Bye & Thank you all

Ulf

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