On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com>wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:00:50 -0800 > Jane Shevtsov <jane....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Steve Litt > > <sl...@troubleshooters.com>wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:00:04 -0800 > > > Jane Shevtsov <jane....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:35 AM, Steve Litt > > > > <sl...@troubleshooters.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:36:55 -0800 > > > > > Jane Shevtsov <jane....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I understand that you don't want problems to continue the > > > > > numbering of the previous section, but if you reset them, reset > > > > > them to what? In your example, if you reset the major number to > > > > > 2, then numbered section 2 would be 3, which I doubt you want. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean. I just want problem numbers within > > > > each section to start at 1. > > > > > > Ah-ha! > > > > > > Before we continue, I think you should send us a prototype of how > > > you *want* this to look. On prototype is worth a thousand words and > > > is much less prone to misunderstanding. > > > > > > You could do it with a text editor, using spaces for indentation, > > > showing how you'd like your MWE to look. > > > > > > > Good idea! An example is attached. In the actual text, I put the > > exercises in boxes to get a shaded background, but the only issue > > right now is numbering. In my prototype, labs are numbered > > continuously throughout the book (Lab 1 rather than Lab 1.1); it > > would also be ok if they were numbered within chapters. > > Cool! > > This is going to be easier than I thought. > > Now, keep in mind this one says exercise 1, exercise2, and the MWE had > Problem 1, problem 2, etc. So for this email I'll use Exercise, and > assume you have made an environment called Exercise that works on a > counter called exercise_counter. Make the environment so it increments > the counter. Now, for every containing environment, whether it be > Section and Section*, or Mysection and Lab, make sure that containing > environment resets the counter back to 1 (or 0 if your environment > pre-increments). That's it, you're done. > I'm afraid you're overestimating my LaTeX knowledge. (It's close to zero.) I didn't make the Exercise environment (it's from the "Theorems (AMS)" module) and have no idea how to do so. A bit more guidance would be very welcome. Many thanks, Jane
