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Brilliant! Thank you very much Jean, works like a dream, thank you very much!
Thanks
Sharon.
> Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
> * Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble09.plus.com> [2025-07-20 16:14]:
>> Hi folks.
>>
>> I've written a book and just created a new chapter by splitting one in half.
>>
>> They are numbered Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc, and they're all level one
>> headings.
>>
>> So how can I auto-renumber them please?
>
> #+TITLE: My Book
> #+OPTIONS: num:t
>
> * Chapter 1
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CHAPTER: 1
> :END:
> This is my first chapter content...
>
> * Chapter 2
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CHAPTER: 2
> :END:
> Second chapter content...
>
> * Chapter 3
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CHAPTER: 3
> :END:
> Second chapter content...
>
> * Chapter 3
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CHAPTER: 3
> :END:
> Second chapter content...
>
> * Chapter 3
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CHAPTER: 3
> :END:
> Second chapter content...
>
> * Chapter 4
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CHAPTER: 4
> :END:
> Third chapter content...
>
> Put this function in your init file:
>
> (defun org-update-chapter-numbers ()
> "Update all chapter numbers sequentially in the current buffer."
> (interactive)
> (save-excursion
> (goto-char (point-min))
> (let ((counter 0))
> (while (re-search-forward "^\* " nil t)
> (when (= (org-current-level) 1)
> (setq counter (1+ counter))
> ;; Update the property
> (org-set-property "CHAPTER" (number-to-string counter))
> ;; Update the heading text
> (org-edit-headline (format "Chapter %d" counter)))))))
>
> Now you can do M-x org-update-chapter-numbers to update numbers of chapters.
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