On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 02:52:37PM +0200, pie...@caramail.com wrote: > 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.
Indeed, @unnumbered with a manual numbering for stand alone chapter versus @chapter when included is probably more relevant. You could also use @heading. > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 12:47 AM > > From: "Patrice Dumas" <pertu...@free.fr> > > To: pie...@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, 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 > >