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, pie...@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